Novel of manners
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The novel of manners is a work of fiction that re-creates a social world, conveying with detailed observation the complex of customs, values, and mores of a stratified society. The behavioural convent
The Novel of Manners: Evelina: Or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World (1779), by Frances Burney.
The French novelist Honoré de Balzac was a founder of literary realism, of which the novel of manners is a subgenre.
The House of Mirth
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The House of Mirth is a tragedy about Lily Bart, a well-born but penniless young woman belonging to New York City's high society of the 1890s. Written by American author Edith Wharton, it came out Oct
Novel of manners
…The Portrait of a Lady (1881) by Henry James The House of Mirth (1905) and The Age of Innocence (1920) by Edith Wharton A Handful of Dust (1937), by Evelyn Waugh…
First edition, 1905
In The House of Mirth (1905), Lily Bart attracts the attentions of a married man.
Poster for the serialized debut of The House of Mirth in Scribner's Magazine (1905)
The tragic heroine of The House of Mirth (1905), Lily Bart, lingers at the broad staircase, observing the high-society people gathered in the hall below.