the House of Mirth and the Gilded Age

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English

 

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David W

 

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December 6, 2016

 

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University

 

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The filthy, vermin-infested tenement houses of factory workers were situated just blocks from the palatial, million-dollar mansions of railroad tycoons and oil magnates. Lily Bart exists in a torturous state of limbo between socio-economic classes. She is the meager niece of the wealthy Mrs. Peniston, and as such, is on the "outside looking in" on polite society...
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She is the meager niece of the wealthy Mrs. Peniston, and as such, is on the "outside looking in" on polite society. However, Lily's impoverished childhood has left her with a hatred for all things "dingy" and an insatiable desire for the luxurious Lucas 2 and elegant. Because the Gilded Age was still a time when women held little clout in social "politics," Lily's only way of securing her presence in elite society is to find a wealthy suitor and marry him...
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