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    The House of Mirth (Version 2)
    The House of Mirth (Version 2)
    The House of Mirth (Version 2)
    Audiobook13 hours

    The House of Mirth (Version 2)

    Written by Edith Wharton

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    About this audiobook

    Wharton's classic story of an aging (by Victorian-era standards) spinster socialite who would rather marry for money than for true love.(Summary by BellonaTimes)
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
    The House of Mirth (Version 2)
    Author

    Edith Wharton

    Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was born into a distinguished New York family and was educated privately in the United States and abroad. Among her best-known work is Ethan Frome (1911), which is considered her greatest tragic story, The House of Mirth (1905), and The Age of Innocence (1920), for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

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