Set at the turn of the twentieth century, the novel The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton offers a complete and insightful view to the varying degrees of classes that made up the women's society at the time. Each female character portrays a different part of society, ranging from ... independent woman who thought outside of society's ideals and was not obligated to conform to the rest of the accepted populace. Overall, if the novel The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton was the only source of information on society at the turn of the century, it could be concluded that the pressures, standards, a...

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