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The House of Mirth: Critical Essay by Elaine N. Orr

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Edith Wharton
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SOURCE: Orr, Elaine N. “Contractual Law, Relational Whisper: A Reading of Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth.Modern Language Quarterly 52, no. 1 (March 1991): 53-70.

In the following essay, Orr discusses the world of The House of Mirth as a contractual milieu.

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