The House of Mirth (1918)
Overview
Wharton creates a portrait of a stunning beauty who, though raised and educated to marry well both socially and economically, is reaching her 29th year, an age when her youthful blush is drawing to a close and her marital prospects are becoming ever more limited. The House of Mirth traces Lily's slow two-year social descent from privilege to a tragically lonely existence on the margins of society.
Cast
Katherine Corri Harris
Lily Bart
Henry Kolker
Lawrence Selden
Christine Mayo
Bertha Trenor-Dorset
Joseph Kilgour
Augustus Trenor-Dorset
Lottie Briscoe
Gertie Farish
Edward Abeles
Simon Rosedale
Sidney Bracey
Percy Gryce
Kempton Greene
Jeff Wade
Morgan Jones
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