TY - BOOK AU - Wharton,Edith TI - The house of Mirth SN - 068480123X U1 - 813/.52 22 PY - 1995/// CY - New York PB - Scribner Paperback Fiction KW - Single women KW - New York (State) KW - New York KW - Fiction KW - New York (N.Y.) KW - sears KW - Social life and customs N1 - Originally published: 1905; Adult; Follett Library Resources; Adult; 1230; Lexile N2 - Lily Bart, an orphaned child of a merchant, prepares a campaign to marry into New York's aristocracy and finds herself indebted to, blackmailed, and scorned by those she wanted to emulate ER -