Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. The House of Mirth / by Edith Wharton ; Illustrated by A. B. Wenzell
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She lingered on the broad stairway, looking down into the hall below

The House of Mirth
By EDITH WHARTON
Illustrated by A. B. Wenzell


New York

Charles Scribner's Sons
MDCCCCV

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Copyright, 1905, By Charles Scribner's Sons

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Illustrations

She lingered on the broad stairway, looking down into the hall below. . . . . . . . . Frontispiece

The woman continued to stare as Miss Bart swept by. . . . . facing p. 20

"You don't seem to remember my existence nowadays". . . . . . . . 188

"I mean to make you hear me out". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

"Oh, Gerty, the furies. . . you know the noise of their wings?". .264

"Dear Mr. Selden," she said, "you promised to see me to my cab". .352

"It was a good deal better than a broiling Sunday in town". . . . 376

"Look at those spangles, Miss Bart, -- every one of 'em sewed on crooked". .456