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The House of Mirth (Chapter One) - What impression of Lily Bart and the world she lives in does Edith Wharton give you at the outset of her novel?
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Commentary: Edith Wharton - The House of Mirth (Chapter One) What impression of Lily Bart and the world she lives in does Edith Wharton give you at the outset of her novel? From Edith Wharton's introduction of 'The House of Mirth', we are able to view the purposes of this story, of which there are several. Edith Wharton shares her views about the type of society and when in which the story took place - how Lily is shaped by her society and how she is unable to get out of it, the gender issues present in the early twentieth century, and indirectly, Wharton's own criticisms about this social world. Even at the beginning of the story, Wharton already provides us with an insight into a world of aristocracy, and also the world in which she herself lived in, through the main characters, Lily Bart and Selden. She depicts Lily Bart...
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