As Thorstein Veblen stated in his article “Conspicuous Leisure and Conspicuous Consumption,” there is an entire class of people, the so-called ‘leisure class,’ dedicated to only one thing: themselves and the image they project into the world (Veblen Conspicuous 265). These people live a life of luxury and ease, making their existence from the labor of others. They got their fortunes from investments in Wall Street, from inheritances, through marriage, or some other quick way, and were eager to flaunt it in every way possible. It is my intention to illustrate to you, using the classic novel The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton, precisely how Veblen’s theories fit into everyday life for these people.
Veblen states that men of the leisure
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