Description
Set among the elegant brownstones of New York City and opulent country houses like gracious Bellomont on the Hudson, the novel presents Lily Bart, whose stunning beauty and dependence on marriage for economic survival reduce her to a decorative object, becoming an incisive commentary on the nature and status of women in that society. From her tragic attraction to bachelor lawyer Lawrence Selden to her desperate relationship with social-climbing Rosedale, Lily is all too much a product of the world indicated by the title, a phrase taken from Ecclesiastes - 'The heart of fools is in the house of mirth'. For it is Lilyís very specialness that threatens the elegance and fulfillment she seeks in life.
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