The House of Mirth
American novelist, 1862–1937. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1921.
The House of Mirth is a 1905 novel by Edith Wharton.
On 2 of the 14 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Edith Wharton
- First published
- 1905
- Length
- 320 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Class and society, Feminist, Love story
Is The House of Mirth worth reading?
2 of the 14 best-of lists it could have made include it: 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph) and 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library, 1998) | No. 69 | See the list |
| 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph, 2009) | No. 40 | See the list |
Best edition of The House of Mirth
The edition we link to is the Wordsworth Editions paperback (2002), 320 pages.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions (paperback, 2002)
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN
- 9781840224191
How critics and readers rate The House of Mirth
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 23% of the points available on critics' lists, against 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
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