The End of the House of Mirth

I didn't really like the end to The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton. In fact, I hated it. The one thing that the audience has wanted throughout the entire book, is for Selden and Lily to get married. Wharton knows that, and brings them together and apart way too many times. When it comes to the very end of the book, Selden of course realizes he loves Lily. At the end Wharton writes "At the very least he had loved her..." (Wharton 267).  This of course comes to late, for Lily has overdosed on sleep medicine. Really? I understand that the author didn't want to end the book with a fairy tale ending, but did she really  have to add insult to injury by having Selden want to mary the dead Lily? I found this ending had just a bit too much coincidence, as did other pieces of this book, like the meeting at Monte Carlo. This book overall, I found to be interesting. I would've hoped that more happiness would have come to Lily Bart, after she realized her obsession with money.