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5 glowing stars.
It has been many years since I read a novel by Edith Wharton. As soon as I started this reread of The House of Mirth I was smiling with recognition. I basked in Wharton’s beautifully sculpted sentences and her characters which are wrought with such precision and psychological accuracy I felt that I knew them all ( for better or worse).
Edith Wharton grew up in upper class New York society so she was well-suited to write this satirically witty and tragic novel. The House of Mirth ...more
It has been many years since I read a novel by Edith Wharton. As soon as I started this reread of The House of Mirth I was smiling with recognition. I basked in Wharton’s beautifully sculpted sentences and her characters which are wrought with such precision and psychological accuracy I felt that I knew them all ( for better or worse).
Edith Wharton grew up in upper class New York society so she was well-suited to write this satirically witty and tragic novel. The House of Mirth ...more
This reminds me so much of Kate Chopin's The Awakening.
Both leading ladies are trapped in a downward spiral and are completely unwilling to take the steps that might lead them away from their fates. They're both perfectly willing to break free from society to a certain extent - (view spoiler) - but there's a limit to what they feel they can do without compromising their innermost selves, and their refusals to do so are what cause t ...more
Both leading ladies are trapped in a downward spiral and are completely unwilling to take the steps that might lead them away from their fates. They're both perfectly willing to break free from society to a certain extent - (view spoiler) - but there's a limit to what they feel they can do without compromising their innermost selves, and their refusals to do so are what cause t ...more
What a sad story
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