On the 155th anniversary of Edith Wharton's birth in 1862, we revisit The House of Mirth. When Edith Wharton started writing she was obliged to hide the fact, and had to ask for scraps of brown wrapping paper from the staff in the kitchen on which to write. Outlook Magazine said of The House of Mirth on its publication in 1905 that it would, "take its place with the great works of fiction." In this clip from Bookmark in 1995: A Lady Does Not Write, an extract from the magazine goes on to praise