House of Mirth (Reissue) rarely travelling further than the

rarely travelling further than the pantry of his hobbit-hole in Bag End

"Both funny and heartbreaking

even if they're doomed to bad ends

Yancy's new true love

House of Mirth (Reissue) rarely travelling further than theA bestseller when it was published nearly a century ago, this literary classic established Edith Wharton as one of the most important American writers in the twentieth century now with a new introduction from Pulitzer Prize winning author Jennifer Egan. Wharton's first literary success a devastatingly accurate portrait of New York's aristocracy at the turn of the century is considered by many to be her most important novel, and Lily Bart, her most