The House of Mirth

The House of Mirth is a 1905 novel by American author Edith Wharton. It tells the story of Lily Bart, a well-born but impoverished woman belonging to New York City's high society around the end of the 19th century. Wharton creates a portrait of a stunning beauty who, though raised and educated to marry well both socially and economically, is reaching her 29th year, an age when her youthful blush is drawing to a close and her marital prospects are becoming ever more limited. The House of Mirth traces Lily's slow two-year social descent from privilege to a tragically lonely existence on the margins of society. In the words of one scholar, Wharton uses Lily as an attack on "an irresponsible, grasping and morally corrupt upper class."

《欢乐之家》是美国作家伊迪丝·沃顿（Edith Wharton）于1905年创作的小说。它讲述了莉莉·巴特（Lily Bart）的故事，莉莉·巴特（Lily Bart）是一位出生于世但贫穷的妇女，属于19世纪末纽约市的上流社会。无论是在社会上还是在经济上，她都将迎来自己的29岁生日。在这个年龄，她年轻的脸红已经接近尾声，而且婚姻前景越来越受限制。欢乐之家可以追溯到莉莉两年来缓慢的社会发展历程，从特权到在社会边缘的悲惨孤独的存在。用一位学者的话说，沃顿商学院以莉莉为名，抨击“一个不负责任的，抓地力和道德上败坏的上层阶级。”