Rather slight novel to have made the Booker shortlist. The first person narrator, a copier of paintings, is more than a little pompous and self-regarding, especially when it comes to the women in his life. I would have wished for more about Tim, the schizophrenic son.
This was a rather depressing novel than I thought it would be. The story is extremely melancholic from the beginning till the very end. Though the story here moves at a snail's pace but it is compensated by beautiful writing!Lily Bart the protagonist is one of the most complicated character I have e...
I read this book calmly , but grimly, since at some point, after another frustrating event, I googled the ending and I found this text, among others - an interesting read), and overall would give this book 4 stars - simply because it is not as excellent narration- and scope-wise as The Age of Innoce...
The House of Mirth has cemented my love for Edith Wharton and I can now officially count her among my all-time favorite authors. Wharton's writing is top-notch, filled with wit, literary allusions, and historical references that show her intelligence and education. The House of Mirth is both a criti...
The entire time I had read this book, way back in college, I kept thinking about how the American Aristocracy hasn't changed in the slightest over the years, and how the old and new monies had evolved (or not) into the families Kennedy and Astor and Roosevelt and Hilton ad nauseum. Of course, I was ...
Edith Wharton. She gets me every time. I know I should expect it and she shouldn't be able to surprise me, but she does. People do not write like this anymore. If they did, publishers would reject it or send it back saying, "Remove flowery language and cut some details." But that is what makes the s...
5 Stars. Click for review.I apologize because I recognize that it is annoying to have to go to someone's blog to find their review. I made this decision because, unfortunately, Goodreads has made certain decisions about deleting user review content with which I very much disagree. I am not intereste...
Beautifully written, compelling, deeply disturbing examination of late 19th-/early 20th-century New York society through the far from satisfactory life trajectory of Miss Lily Bart. Haunting and sad, almost willful in its determination to keep Lily from resolving her problems until one final, shatte...
I did not expect when I opened House of Mirth that I was embarking on a classical tragedy, complete with a misguided heroine, an easily swayed hero, a wicked witch, a good bit of wrong time, wrong place, and a whole lot of poor judgment, all placed in a corrupt setting. Change the language a bit an...
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