The House of Mirth

This Norton Critical Edition includes: The 1905 book edition of the novel, complete with A. B. Wenzells eight original illustrations. A preface and explanatory footnotes by Elizabeth Ammons. An abundant selection of contextual material, including excerpts from Whartons letters, contemporary reviews, six drawings by Charles Dana Gibson, Thorstein Veblen on conspicuous consumption, Charlotte Perkins Gilman on women and economics, and various others writing about womens place in society at the turn of the century. Six modern critical views, considering issues of economics, race, materialism, body image, nature and feminism within the novel. A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography.