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The House of Mirth, an Uncommon card
The House of Mirth is a tragedy about Lily Bart, a well-born but penniless young woman belonging to New York City's high society of the 1890s.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 61
- Power
- 139
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 110,000
Power 139 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
The House of Mirth quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the The House of Mirth card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Written by ______ author Edith Wharton, it came out October 14, 1905.
Answer
American. Written by American author Edith Wharton, it came out October 14, 1905. From the The House of Mirth article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The House of Mirth is a tragedy about Lily Bart, a well-born but penniless young woman belonging to New York City's high society of the ____s.
Answer
1890s. The House of Mirth is a tragedy about Lily Bart, a well-born but penniless young woman belonging to New York City's high society of the 1890s. From the The House of Mirth article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Frankie Laine. Frankie Laine 82 · The House of Mirth 78 · José González 73 · Manhua 69 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Written by American author Edith Wharton, it came out October 14, 1905.
- The House of Mirth traces Lily's slow two-year social descent from privilege to a lonely existence on the margins of society as she fails to marry a man of wealth and status to secure her a place in affluent society.
- Wharton uses Lily, in critic Shari Benstock's words, as an attack on "an irresponsible, grasping and morally corrupt upper class." The House of Mirth was serialized in Scribner's Magazine beginning in January 1905 which created great interest in the story.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The The House of Mirth article was read about 110,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 61: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get The House of Mirth
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, The House of Mirth (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Edith Wharton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
