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First the good: Wharton could craft a sentence like nobody's business, and she takes apart uptight, traditional, suffocating gender roles and class divisions. She also manages to make an utterly unlikable character somehow sympathetic, and I am always drawn to anti-heroes. The ending, which I won't spoil, is described in one review as the most ambiguous in American literature.
Yep. It was a real "Wait, what?!" moment.
Finally, the cover is gorgeous and I want that dress!!
OK now the bad: it's viru ...more
Yep. It was a real "Wait, what?!" moment.
Finally, the cover is gorgeous and I want that dress!!
OK now the bad: it's viru ...more
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