... 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 the powerful rich, to the disrespected poor. Every character's personality and decisions were based around their desire, or lack there of, to fit into a certain social ... was influenced by her own greed and jealousy, and debts from Gus Trenor could not be repaid. Little support was offered to her, and so Lily was gradually pushed out ...

• Word Count: 1424
• Approx Pages: 6

... Americans living abroad. As a representative of a newer, more liberal method of social interaction, she struggles in an old, conservative society. This story is, by and large, of the "novel of manners" literary genre. As in other works of this genre (for example, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth), Daisy Miller focuses on the behavior of its characters in social situations ... . Most of the action involves Daisy's social missteps, followed by discussion of those missteps. Characters constantly refer to their ... ...

• Word Count: 1470
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School