The House of Mirth (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789387826816)

Selden paused in surprise. In the afternoon rush of the Grand Central Station his eyes had been refreshed by the sight of Miss Lily Bart.It was a Monday in early September, and he was returning to his work from a hurried dip into the country; but what was Miss Bart doing in town at that season? If she had appeared to be catching a train, he might have inferred that he had come on her in the act of transition between one and another of the country-houses which disputed her presence after the close of the Newport season; but her desultory air perplexed him. She stood apart from the crowd, letting it drift by her to the platform or the street, and wearing an air of irresolution which might, as he surmised, be the mask of a very definite purpose. It struck him at once that she was waiting for some one, but he hardly knew why the idea arrested him. There was nothing new about Lily Bart, yet he could never see her without a faint movement of interest: it was characteristic of her that she always roused speculation, that her simplest acts seemed the result of far-reaching intentions.

Author: Edith Wharton
ISBN-10: 9387826813
ISBN-13: 9789387826816
Publisher: Maven Books
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2021
Pages: 334
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 9.7
Point Value: 26
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 50682 / House of Mirth