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In this classic, Wharton turns a gently satirical eye on upper crust New Yorkers during the Guilded Age. Newland Archer, fully entrenched in the rules of that society and engaged to the beautiful but somewhat blank May, has his world turned upside down by the entrance of the nonconforming Countess Ellen Olenska. As the inner circle attempts to tamp down Ellen’s proclivity for scandal, Archer’s gradual recognition of his changing attitudes are masterfully handled by Wharton, who writes with nuanc
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Oct 11, 2011
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God what annoying characters and society! There are quite some concepts that irritated me but also drew me in and wanted to make me read more and more. Although some of the most important things are said in omne or two sentences and if you are not carefull you might miss them while other things are talked about incessantly but than again that illustrates the spirit of the book perfectly.
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