The House of Mirth

Lily Bart is young, witty, beautiful, and loves a good party. She’s also single at the turn of the century (the 20th century that is) and looking for love AND money. Lily wants to create her own destiny, or to put it more simply, she wants to have it all. As we follow Lily down a path of parties, men, social climbing, and struggle in privileged New York City, it’s hard to not fall a little bit in love with her, because despite it all--missteps, living beyond her means, desperation, depression--it’s easy to see ourselves in her even 100 years later and hopefully learn something from her mistakes in the process.