Edith Wharton 
The House of Mirth [EPUB ebook] 

The House of Mirth (House of Mirth) is the fourth novel by the American writer Edith Wharton, published in 1905. The story tells of the social decline of a young American woman, Lily Bart, belonging to a disgraced high-society family, who became a victim of the hypocrisy of the New York worldly environment of the early 20th century.