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    <body><![CDATA[Wharton rarely disappoints. This is another anthology of novellas dedicated to the themes familiar to all Wharton readers - stifling constraints of Gilded Age New York society, utter dependence of women, etc. <br/><br/>The collection contains 4 stories, each set in a different decade of the 19th c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78899789">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[These four novellas lend an insight into the mores of the upper crust of New York society of the mid-19th century. I thought it was interesting how modern some of the situations and plot felt, even though some of the customs were obviously of another age. It seems some of the societal pressures of m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58660130">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Perhaps I wouldn't gush quite so much if I had read these novellas at a different time.  I picked it up after a marathon reading of Gaslight Mysteries and I guess the contrast was so glaring that it instantly elevated Edith Wharton to literary sainthood!<br/>She is by no means my favorite author, (...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31614037">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[People generally read this, it seems, for &quot;The Old Maid,&quot; which really is well done, but for whatever reason my favorite of the quartet was &quot;The Spark,&quot; which apparently is not as much liked. I guess I just find it a fascinating study of the difference made just by an extra shade...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66070267">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Actually, I only read &quot;The Old Maid&quot;.  And I enjoyed this tale of a woman forced to deny the birth of her daughter and watch as her worst enemy raises her.  This was the basis of the Bette Davis/Miriam Hopkins film.<br/><br/>I would like to read the rest of the stories sometime.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Four novellas that display Wharton's talent for satire, as well as her tendency towards pathos. As in her other novels, in each one a strong individual tries to buck the system, generally without success. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Do you remember old Edith as the author of &quot;Ethan Frome&quot; and wish never to hear her name again?  (Actually, since Daniel Day Lewis was in &quot;The Age of Innocence&quot; that sort of scarring may not happen anymore). <br/><br/>In any case, what I retained from high school was an abiding d...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21014734">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked up this book on the bargain shelf at Borders and am glad that I did. This book of four novellas provide an interesting view into turn-of-the-century New York society families. The slice-of-life stories held my attention with interesting characters and intriguing language that is meant to be...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62572025">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wharton is a master at getting to the heart of pretense and snobbery.  Her characters are rich and interesting.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Four short novels. I bought this collection because The Old Maid, the best known of the four, was in this.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not sure why I hadn't read these before, but it was a terrific 'light' serving of EW genius.  My favorite was New Year's Day, which managed to be funny, sad, and satiric all at once; and it got all 'Feminine Mystique in the 19th century' at the end.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[These are heartbreakingly sad - and wonderful stories.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Four Gilded Age novellas by Wharton.  &quot;The Old Maid&quot; was especially touching. All the hallmark themes of Wharton are in place -- social repression, ambition, complex interpersonal relationships, the need to keep up appearances.  But there's also her wonderful rendering of <em>how people feel</em>. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4020621">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[READ ME FIRST]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I would never say anything bad about Edith Wharton. She is so good at capturing the psychology of a character and has such a lovely, clever writing style. But for some reason I hardly ever felt eager to return to this book. If you want to read Edith Wharton, go for House of Mirth or Age of Innocence...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73443558">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Old New York is a set of four novellas that takes the reader through the fashions and customs of Old New York through the last half of the nineteenth century.  Each story, for me, was its own little treasure.  Wharton writes each with so much precision that you feel intimately connected to these cha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9460475">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this in the middle of an Edith Wharton phase where I read 2 novels, a collection of short stories,and these 4 novelas.<br/><br/>This collection was hit-and-miss, but even the 2 &quot;miss&quot; entries were okay. The other two were very good, hence the overall 3 stars.<br/><br/>Wharton tr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49401966">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A quaint look at NYC society years ago.  Edith Wharton was such a fascinating person and I enjoyed her writing so much.  I'm planning to read more of her work and more about her, too.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[read it while i was &quot;supposed&quot; to be doing homework.  Wharton is such an easy writer, it's complex but nothing too outrageous!  and i love the NY society stuff!]]></body>
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