The House of Mirth

Overview

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.

Cast

Katherine Corri Harris

Lily Bart

Henry Kolker

Lawrence Selden

Christine Mayo

Bertha Trenor-Dorset

Joseph Kilgour

Augustus Trenor-Dorset

Lottie Briscoe

Gertie Farish

Edward Abeles

Simon Rosedale

Maggie Western

Mrs. Haffen

Pauline Welch

Nettie Struthers

Nellie Parker Spaulding

Mrs. Penniston

W.D. Fischter

Ned Silverton