Track | Chapter | Length |
01 | Book One - Chapter 01 | 26:56 |
02 | Book One - Chapter 02 | 20:07 |
03 | Book One - Chapter 03 | 33:06 |
04 | Book One - Chapter 04 | 26:47 |
05 | Book One - Chapter 05 | 27:49 |
06 | Book One - Chapter 06 | 26:27 |
07 | Book One - Chapter 07 | 24:36 |
08 | Book One - Chapter 08 | 28:17 |
09 | Book One - Chapter 09 | 28:35 |
10 | Book One - Chapter 10 | 20:24 |
11 | Book One - Chapter 11 | 18:35 |
12 | Book One - Chapter 12 | 25:16 |
13 | Book One - Chapter 13 | 23:38 |
14 | Book One - Chapter 14 | 43:47 |
15 | Book One - Chapter 15 | 27:54 |
16 | Book Two - Chapter 01 | 29:32 |
17 | Book Two - Chapter 02 | 32:04 |
18 | Book Two - Chapter 03 | 28:56 |
19 | Book Two - Chapter 04 | 24:10 |
20 | Book Two - Chapter 05 | 23:10 |
21 | Book Two - Chapter 06 | 26:50 |
22 | Book Two - Chapter 07 | 19:19 |
23 | Book Two - Chapter 08 | 28:08 |
24 | Book Two - Chapter 09 | 21:18 |
25 | Book Two - Chapter 10 | 33:53 |
26 | Book Two - Chapter 11 | 18:24 |
27 | Book Two - Chapter 12 | 14:20 |
28 | Book Two - Chapter 13 | 30:50 |
29 | Book Two - Chapter 14 | 13:33 |
Notes
Running Time: 12 hours 27 minutes
Read by: Elizabeth Klett
Book Coordinator: Elizabeth Klett
Meta Coordinator: Karen Savage
Proof Listener: Ans Wink
Artwork
Cover: Hush the Concert! By James Tissot c.1875
Inset: Illustration # 1 from The House of Mirth by
Inset: Photo of Edith Wharton from The World's Work, 1905, artist unknown
Recordings
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The House of Mirth is a novel of manners set in the milieu of the New York upper class in the 1890’s, described as a “hot-house of traditions and conventions”. The title is taken from Ecclesiastes 7:4: “The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.” It is the story of an unmarried woman, Lily Bart, who faces the pressure marry well to maintain her social status despite her feelings for a less wealthy suitor. She is deceived and betrayed by seeming friends, who gossip and spread rumors that cause her to fall from grace.
Written while Edith Wharton lived at The Mount, her home in Lenox, Massachusetts, and published in 1905, The House of Mirth sold 140,000 copies between October and the end of December. The favorable review in the New York Times described it as "a novel of remarkable power". It ranks 69th on the Modern Library list of the Top 100 Works of Fiction. It has been adapted for the stage and film numerous times, most recently in 2000 by director Terence Davies.
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Item Info | |
EAN - DVD case | 0684758936745 |
EAN - CD jacket | 0674012594965 |
Media | MP3 CD |
Package | DVD box |
Author | Edith Wharton (1862-1937) |
Year | 1905 |
Recording | |
Read by | Elizabeth Klett |
Length | 12 hours 27 minutes |
Type of Reading | Solo |
The House of Mirth
- Author: Edith Wharton
- Product Code: DB-1096
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