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1. Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth

   A Routledge Study Guide

   By Janet Beer, Pamela Knights, Elizabeth Nolan

   Series: Routledge Guides to Literature

   Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth (1905) is a sharp and satirical, but also sensitive and tragic analysis of a young, single woman trying to find her place in a materialistic and unforgiving society. The House of Mirth offers a fascinating insight into the culture of the time and, as suggested by...

   Published July 24th 2007 by Routledge
2. Kate Chopin's The Awakening

   A Routledge Study Guide and Sourcebook

   Edited by Janet Beer, Elizabeth Nolan

   Series: Routledge Guides to Literature

   Damned upon publication for engaging with the taboo issues of female sexuality and infidelity, Kate Chopin's The Awakening (1899) is now hailed as a key early feminist text and an important work of American literature.This sourcebook combines accessible commentary with reprinted documents to...

   Published May 19th 2004 by Routledge