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The House of Mirth 
Edith Wharton was an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper class New York aristocracy to realistically portray the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. She was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1921. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1996.
Characters
Lily Bart—Wharton paints Lily, the heroine of her novel, as a complex personality with the purity that her Christian name implies, the defiance that her surname implies,[m] and the foolishness that the title of the novel implies.
Lawrence Selden—A young lawyer who, although not wealthy himself, is able to move easily within and without Old New York's elite social circles through kinship with old-line New York families.
Simon Rosedale—A successful and socially astute Jewish businessman—the quintessential parvenu—who has the money but not the social standing to be accepted into the circle of New York's leisure class.
Percy Gryce—A conservative, rich, but shy and unimaginative young eligible bachelor on whom Lily, with the support of her friend Judy Trenor, sets her sights.
Bertha Dorset (Mrs. George Dorset)—A petite and pretty high-society matron whose husband George is extremely wealthy.
Mrs. Peniston (Julia)—Lily's wealthy, widowed Aunt –sister to Lily's father. Mrs. Peniston embodies "old school" morality and has a family pedigree that goes back to the industrious and successful Dutch families of early New York.
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Gus Trenor—Judy Trenor's husband—a massive man with a heavy carnivorous head and a very red complexion.
Carry Fisher (Mrs. Fisher)—A small, fiery and dramatic divorcée.
Ned Silverton—A young man, whose first intention was to live on proofreading and write an epic, but ended up living off his friends.
Evie Van Osburgh—A young, innocent, dull, and conservative, stay-at-home kind of a girl
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Adaptations
The novel The House of Mirth (1905) has been adapted to radio, the stage and the cinema.
The Play of the novel The House of Mirth (1906), by Edith Wharton and Clyde Fitch
La Maison du Brouillard (1918), directed by Albert Capellani, featured Katherine Harris Barrymore as Lily Bart; a French silent film.
The House of Mirth was presented on radio's Theatre Guild on the Air December 14, 1952. The one-hour adaptation starred Joan Fontaine and Franchot Tone
The House of Mirth (1956), directed by John Drew Barrymore. Matinee Theatre: Season 2, Episode 56. (4 December 1956)
The House of Mirth (1981), directed by Adrian Hall. A television film for the Public Broadcasting System in the U.S.
Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth(1995) adapted for the stage by Dawn Keeler. The play was performed by the Cambridge Theatre Company at the Theatre Royal in Winchester, England. After the initial production, the play toured England for nine weeks. This modern adaptation offers a late-twentieth-century interpretation of Lily Bart's story that emphasizes freedom, relationships, and tragedy.
The House of Mirth (2000), directed by Terence Davies, featured Gillian Anderson as Lily Bart.