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February 6, 2001 Good Manners or Bad Manners in The House of Mirth Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth is definitely a book of manners. Manners in this Good Manners or Bad Manners in The House of Mirth sense relate to being kind and considerate to fellow human beings and following the social practices of the day. She articulately illustrates elite high-class characters that build their lives and reputations on the basis of appropriate manners. In …

…her too”(255). Lily got lost trying to please people with her good manners and the result was every one of them disposing of her like a pile of garbage. Miss Bart followed the instincts that were bred in her and the only thing she got was a worthless sense of self with not a soul to care. Good manners played a part in Lily’s well being and bad manners ruined her life. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**