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The House of Mirth
Edith Wharton
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Summary
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Summary & Analysis
Chapters 1-3
Chapters 4-6
Chapters 7-9
Chapters 10-12
Chapters 13-15
Chapters 1-3
Chapters 4-6
Chapters 7-9
Chapters 10-12
Chapters 13-14
The Novel of Manners
Analysis
Characters
Character List
Lily Bart
Lawrence Selden
George and Bertha Dorset
Gus and Judy Trenor
Simon Rosedale
Main Ideas
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Quotes
Important Quotations Explained
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Context
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Character List
Analysis of Major Characters
Themes, Motifs & Symbols
Chapters 1-3
Chapters 4-6
Chapters 7-9
Chapters 10-12
Chapters 13-15
Chapters 13-14
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What is the name for the period of extreme economic inequity during which The House of Mirth is set?
The Great Depression
The Gilded Age C. The Harlem Renaissance
Reconstruction
What city's upper crust does Wharton satirize in The House of Mirth?
2
of 5
Chicago's
Savannah's
New York's
New Orleans's
What was Wharton's connection to upper-crust New York society?
3
of 5
Her family
Her husband's family
Her cousin's family
She had no immediate connection
What established genre did Wharton attempt to put an American spin on with The House of Mirth?
4
of 5
The Künstlerroman
The Bildungsroman
The Roman à clef
The Novel of manners
What intellectual movement influenced Wharton's particular take on the realist social novel?
5
of 5
Surrealism
German idealism
Marxism
Darwinism
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