Three years after that she published her first great popular success, the novel The House of Mirth.

三年后，她出版了她的第一部畅销小说《欢乐之家》。

The House of Mirth is the story of a young woman who lacks the money to continue her high social position.

《欢乐之家》讲述的是一个没有钱维持自己高社会地位的年轻女子的故事。

Readers liked the book, but it was her second book, The House of Mirth, that made Wharton famous.

读者喜欢这本书，但真正使沃顿成名的是她的第二本书《欢乐之家》。

Two years after The House of Mirth, Wharton decided to move to France, and she spent pretty much the rest of her life living in France.

在《欢乐之家》拍摄两年后， 沃顿商学院决定搬到法国，她几乎在法国度过了余生。

Unlike Edith Wharton's " The House of Mirth" , which chronicles a woman's narrowing choices and descent into poverty, " The Guest" does not say how Alex came to be in this position.

与伊迪丝·沃顿 (Edith Wharton) 的《欢乐之家》(The House of Mirth) 不同，后者记录了一个女人缩小选择范围和陷入贫困的过程，而《宾客》(The Guest) 并没有说明亚历克斯是如何落到这种境地的。