A bestseller when it was originally published nearly a century ago, Wharton's first literary success was set amid the previously unexplored territory of fashionable, turn-of-the-century New York society, an area with which she was intimately familiar. The tragic love story reveals the destructive effects of wealth and social hypocrisy on Lily Bart, a ravishing beauty. Impoverished but well-born, Lily realizes a secure future depends on her acquiring a wealthy husband. Her downfall begins with a romantic indiscretion, intensifies with an accumulation of gambling debts, and climaxes in a maelstrom of social disasters.

Medie	Bøger Paperback Bog (Bog med blødt omslag og limet ryg)
Udgivet	22. maj 2018
ISBN13	9781719492508
Forlag	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Antal sider	230
Mål	178 × 254 × 12 mm · 403 g
Sprog	Engelsk

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