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, Edith Wharton: House of Mirth (2006, Little, Brown Book Group Limited) 4 stars

Beautiful, intelligent, and hopelessly addicted to luxury, Lily Bart is the heroine of this Wharton …

Review of 'House of Mirth' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Boy, this novel kind of bummed me out. Nothing ever goes right for Lily and sometimes it seems as even Lily is out to get Lily. It was overkill actually and it got to be painful reading after a while. No happy ending here Gs. The rich get richer, their ranks more exclusive and once you're on the outs, you out, sucka. This was a very good book but I kind of hated it. Weird.