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Study Guide

Mr. Herbert Melson in The House of Mirth

By Edith Wharton

Mr. Herbert Melson

Herbert Melson is the only man Lily has ever been in love with (before Selden). He married the oldest Van Osburgh daughter before the novel begins.

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