"The House of Mirth" by Edith Wharton

May 30, 2017

Host: Frank Lavallo

Readers: Jennifer Weinbrecht & Patricia Fernberg

Endnotes: Ted Schwartz

Author: Edith Wharton

Year of Publication: 1905

Plot: The House of Mirth depicts the life of an aging, single woman in a corrupt, upper class society.

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