The House of Mirth - Edith Wharton

Category: Classic, Literature
Language: English
Keywords: New York City Society

Written by Edith Wharton
Read by Eleanor Bron
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Unabridged

Beautiful, sophisticated and endlessly ambitious Lily Bart endeavours to climb the social ladder of New York’s elite by securing a good match and living beyond her means.

Now nearing 30 years of age and having rejected several proposals, forever in the hope of finding someone better, her future prospects are threatened.

A damning commentary of 20th-century social order, Edith Wharton’s tale established her as one of the greatest British novelists of the 1900s. Taking us on a journey through lavish drawing rooms in grand country houses to cold and menacing boarding houses, Wharton addresses the consequences awaiting those who openly dared to challenge the status quo.

Original release: March 1993
12 hrs and 35 mins

(Eleanor Bron would go on to play Lily Bart’s aunt in the 2000 film adaptation, the poster of which is utilized here in lieu of Audible’s “cover art”)