For the first time in Russian - one of the main novels of the classics of American literature, the author of such a recognized masterpiece as "The Age of Innocence", awarded the Pulitzer Prize and screened by Martin Scorsese It was thanks to the “House of fun” Edith Wharton earned the title “Lion of Tolstoy in a skirt”. “The heart of the wise is in the house of weeping, and the heart of fools is in the house of joy.” Ecclesiastes So for the young beauty Lily Bart New York of the turn of the century symbolizes not so much a golden age as a golden cage. Only a profitable marriage will help her regain the high position lost by the Bart family as a result of her father's bankruptcy - but over and over again Lily misses a profitable chance, eaten by either the demon of self-destruction or the expectation of great love. And not without reason it was compared with another victim of high society - Anna Karenina ... In 2000. The novel was filmed by Terence Davis, starring Gillian Anderson (Scully's agent from The X-Files) and Dan Aykroyd ..