Visit vintage New York through the decades with these books
1890s: The House of Mirth, Edith Wharton
Any woman who’s tried to make it—financially or romantically—in the big city will find a kindred spirit in doomed, determined Lily Bart, as she negotiates the social ladder of New York on the cusp of a new century.
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