The Glimpses of the Moon in Reading with Style

Aug 19, 2024 Connie G rated it really liked it

Shelves: 1001-books, fiction, romance

"It rose for them--their honey-moon--over the waters so famed as the scene of romantic raptures that they were rather proud of not having been afraid to choose it as the setting of their own."

Suzy Branch and Nick Lansing came from prominent families who no longer had money. They were both attractive people and good conversationalists who were welcomed into the homes of the wealthy. Suzy and Nick decided to marry, and figured that they should be able to live well for a yearlong honeymoon using th ...more

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Feb 19, 2018 Elizabeth (Alaska) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: author-wharton-edith, kindle, xx-20th-c-women-read, 1001-books, early-20th-century, women

This is yet another good entry from Wharton. As to the title, there are three or four places where the young lovers stand outdoors and gaze at the moon. I didn't think, however, that this was the point of the title. I have always thought - before we actually went there - that going for the moon meant reaching far or trying for the utmost. I find a quote by Norman Vincent Peale. “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.” If you're aiming for something, even if you don't ...more

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Apr 21, 2024 Rosemary rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 1001-books

Nick and Susy are a just-married impoverished American couple who before their marriage lived mostly on the generosity of their friends. They fell in love and decided to marry on the basis that if they asked for all their wedding presents in the form of cash and stayed at friends’ houses in Europe as much as possible, they should have enough money for a year-long honeymoon. Things are blissful at first, but then there’s trouble.

This is a short book that would have been even shorter, perhaps not ...more

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Nov 04, 2018 Chinook rated it really liked it

Shelves: 1001, america, europe, audiobook, 1-kindle

It’s like the House of Mirth but with the character growth that allows for a happy ending. As such, I think I may have enjoyed this one more - the other might be more realistic overall, but this one was sweeter.

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