The House of Mirth (1905)
by Edith Wharton
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THE HOUSE
OF MIRTH

EDITH WHARTON

THE HOUSE OF MIRTH

She lingered on the broad stairway, looking down into the hall below.
She lingered on the broad stairway, looking down into the hall below.

She lingered on the broad stairway, looking down into the hall below.

THE HOUSE OF MIRTH

BY

EDITH WHARTON

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY A. B. WENZELL

NEW YORK

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

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copyright, 1905, by charles scribner's sons.

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ILLUSTRATIONS

She lingered on the broad stairway, looking down into the hall below Frontispiece
The woman continued to stare as Miss Bart swept by Facing p. 20
"You don't seem to remember my existence nowadays" 188
"I mean to make you hear me out" 234
"Oh, Gerty, the furies . . . you know the noise of their wings?" 264
"Dear Mr. Selden," she said, "you promised to see me to my cab" 352
It was a good deal better than a broiling Sunday in town 376
"Look at those spangles, Miss Bart,—every one of 'em sewed on crooked" 456

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