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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
A book not so splendid as The Age of Innocence with a quite depressing ending.
I listen to this in audiobook, and now I wished I had the book to browse through some of the passages. It is a masterpiece of sociology and psychology disguised as a work of fiction. It is also a feminist document.
Lily Bart will stay with me for a long time.
Lily Bart will stay with me for a long time.
I am frankly surprised by how much I enjoyed this one. Excellent writing!
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