The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton, Fiction, Classics 12+

📓 The House of Mirth -- Edith Wharton's sadly insightful tale of Lily Bart's descent from the stratosphere of New York society into a disheveled life of drugs and desperation -- may well be the author's most powerful accomplishment. Lily will haunt you, leaving you with great a sense of personal loss. . . .