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Beautifully written novel . It takes up back to 1870’s New York City with all the glitz and glamor of high society. Pulitzer Prize winner.
Beautiful prose.
5 STARS
"Newland Archer saw little to envy in the marriages of his friends, yet he prided himself that in May Welland he had found the companion of his needs--tender and impressionable, with equal purity of mind and manners. The engagement was announced discreetly, but all of New York society was soon privy to this most perfect match, a union of families and circumstances cemented by affection.
Enter Countess Olenska, a woman of quick wit sharpened by experience, not afraid to flout convention an ...more
"Newland Archer saw little to envy in the marriages of his friends, yet he prided himself that in May Welland he had found the companion of his needs--tender and impressionable, with equal purity of mind and manners. The engagement was announced discreetly, but all of New York society was soon privy to this most perfect match, a union of families and circumstances cemented by affection.
Enter Countess Olenska, a woman of quick wit sharpened by experience, not afraid to flout convention an ...more
A look at 1880's-1900's New York society. Wharton focuses on the characters' thoughts, veiled message, secret communication, delayed gratification. The tension is palpable. Some members of our book club did not like it because it didn't move, but that's the whole point.
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