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The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton

Start date: May 1, 2012

Finish date: May 31, 2012

Why we're reading this: The group read for May. This is also one of the authors for the author challenge.
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May 16, 2013 Samantha rated it it was amazing

Shelves: own-it, seriously-read-this, classic-literature

I just finished rereading Edith Wharton's "The Age of Innocence," and loved it even more than the first time. Wharton uses such beautiful language that is descriptive without taking it to the eyes glazing over level that some Victorian literature reaches. She is so successful at making the reader feel that they are a part of late 1800s New York that when the timeline jumps to a later time period, it is easy to feel like someone who has been rudely shaken awake from a deep sleep. So strongly did ...more

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Nov 24, 2013 Sorento62 rated it liked it

I liked this book, but not enough to recommend it. Some of the interchanges between husband and wife were spot on genius. As a commentary on the individual feeling straight-jacketed by societal expectations, the book is very good. There is some forbidden love romantic tension, and some noble renununciation of the Emily Dickinson kind: "itself choosing against itself, itself to justify unto itself". Also, a recognition of how one's fate can turn on a dime.
But overall it's a bit of a yawner. ...more

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Jan 22, 2013 Anindyta rated it liked it · review of another edition

Don't care if it's Chinatown or on Riverside
I don't have any reasons
I've left them all behind
I'm in a New York state of mind

Bagi saya yang di hidup dan besar di kota kecil negara ini, jangankan mau mimpi tentang New York, mengalami Jakarta state of mind aja sulit. Namun memang nggak jarang sih, saya membaca dan menonton bagian-bagian kota Nyu-Yok yang sibuk hiruk pikuk, yang katanya kota yang tidak pernah tidur ini. Dan…well, nampaknya mind set saya sudah menetapkan bahwa yang namanya New York i ...more

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