# The House of Mirth

Author: Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937

Genre: Bestsellers, American, 1895-1923

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/284

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+House+of+Mirth+Wharton&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

It was a Monday in early September, and he was returning to his work from a hurried dip into the country; but what was Miss Bart doing in town at that season? If she had appeared to be catching a train, he might have inferred that he had come on her in the act of transition between one and another of the country houses which disputed her presence after the close of the Newport season; but her desultory air perplexed him. She stood apart from the crowd, letting it drift by her to the platform or the street, and wearing an air of irresolution which might, as he surmised, be the mask of a very definite purpose. It struck him at once that she was waiting for some one, but he hardly knew why t...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-mirth-284/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-mirth-284/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 25](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-mirth-284/chapters/25/index.md)
- [Chapter 28](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-mirth-284/chapters/28/index.md)
- [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-mirth-284/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-mirth-284/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-mirth-284/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-mirth-284/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-mirth-284/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-mirth-284/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 23](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-mirth-284/chapters/23/index.md)
- [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-mirth-284/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-mirth-284/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-mirth-284/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-mirth-284/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-mirth-284/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-mirth-284/chapters/21/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-mirth-284/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-mirth-284/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-mirth-284/chapters/20/index.md)
- [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-mirth-284/chapters/19/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-mirth-284/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-mirth-284/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 24](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-mirth-284/chapters/24/index.md)
- [Chapter 26](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-mirth-284/chapters/26/index.md)
- [Chapter 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-mirth-284/chapters/22/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-mirth-284/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 27](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-mirth-284/chapters/27/index.md)
- [Chapter 29](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-mirth-284/chapters/29/index.md)