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Perfection. But not quite as perfect as House of Mirth.
Oh, that ending! I won't forget that very soon.
It's been years since I saw the movie but Michelle Pfeiffer and Daniel Day Lewis were the images in mind while listening to this novel. Ditto the last scene with DDL/Archer on the bench outside of Madame Olenska's house not daring to go up. One of the best and saddest endings I've ever read.
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Oh, that ending! I won't forget that very soon.
It's been years since I saw the movie but Michelle Pfeiffer and Daniel Day Lewis were the images in mind while listening to this novel. Ditto the last scene with DDL/Archer on the bench outside of Madame Olenska's house not daring to go up. One of the best and saddest endings I've ever read.
I listened to the audio book narrated to perfection by David Horowitz. ...more
This book was gorgeous, lush, evocative & sublime. I may have just discovered an author to rival Thomas Hardy. I adored this book and couldn't put it down. I read it slowly to saviour each scene and emotion. How amazing is romance dealt with in the classics, not to mention the torturous love triangle? Clever, exquisite writing. Should I watch movie? Hmm not sure. Will definitely look forward to reading more from this author.
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I can't really comment on this too much.
My response to this book will forever be colored by the fact that I took a break in the middle to read Fowles' The French Lieutenant's Woman, and their plots are so very similar - well, at least up to Fowles' first (thoroughly traditional) ending.
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My response to this book will forever be colored by the fact that I took a break in the middle to read Fowles' The French Lieutenant's Woman, and their plots are so very similar - well, at least up to Fowles' first (thoroughly traditional) ending.
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I love love loved this book. Every character, every witty phrase, every heartbreak. It left me in the moral dilemma of who to champion, the mistress or the wife, and it kept me from hating the man who loved them both. So well-written and subtly critiquing the New York of its day, its themes are still relevant to the 21st century. I will definitely be adding a hardcover edition to my personal library.
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