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Lily should be a character one hates and yet she's so sympathetic. I really felt for her, in her thwarted attempts to succeed in society, in her thwarted love, in her sad end. And the bit with the sense of falling asleep with the baby in her arms - that slayed me.
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Read in Seoul, July 2005. ...more
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton is part love story and social commentary. The novel is a portrait of upper-class society life in the turn of the century Manhattan. It centers on the beautiful Lily Bart who lives beyond her means because it is all she knows. She knows she has to marry but she continuously sabotages all her chances and finally she is betrayed by an acquaintance that results in her expulsion from the only society and friends that Lily knows. The love story is between Lawrence S
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It was a while ago that I read this, but I don't remember being particularly struck by it. I wouldn't mind giving it another read though in the near future.
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Nov 07, 2008
Nanosynergy
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it was amazing
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Jennifer Paul
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