Reading this, many years after seeing the movie, it's much more a feminist statement than I ever took the movie to be. But sneaky, through Newland Archer's eyes: eyes that are veiled by the most exquisitely repressive social convention (comparisons to [b:The Remains of the Day|28921|The Remains of ...
There is very little that I can add in respect to all that has been said of this fantastic book. Wharton opened a window to us which allowed us to catch a glimpse of lives and and social customs of the rich and social elites in New York during the late 19th century and in so doing forced me to do a ...
I wish I could give this 3.5 stars because I definitely liked it more than 3 stars, but not enough to give it 4. The book is relatively predictable, plotwise. You can kind of tell from the beginning what is going to unfold, but at the same time you keep reading to see what happens next. I had kind o...
It took a while to gain momentum, even though the descriptions of society were pretty interesting.Newland Archer is a wuss. I stand by that opinion. Ellen deserved better.
Let's start this off by saying I hated the movie. I know I'm in the minority on this, but there it is. Hated it. With a fiery passion. (It's been a long time, and now that I've read the book, I might try it again at some point. But maybe not.)But I've liked what little Edith Wharton I've read (Ethan...
3.5 stars This was a pretty enjoyable read for the most part, although some parts were frustrating, and a few were quite draggy. But those draggy parts were necessary, to set up the society in which this is all going on, to let the reader know what circumstances were like then, and how indiscretion ...
Once again an underwhelming Pulitzer Prize winner. I would have given up but "The Age of Innocence" is one of my father’s favorites, so I stuck it out, hoping for an ironic twist or natural catastrophe or messy and embarrassing suicide.Lacking intellectual pursuits, weird sexual inclinations and/or ...
I want to say I loved the book, but I didn’t. Although the book had everything a good romantic drama should have (a man, a woman, a difficult situation in an environment full of rules) for some reason I couldn’t get into the story, with the exception of the last chapter. That one was liv...
I hate to do it, but I'm gonna have to pull the "guy" card here: this book was quintessential women's fiction and it bored me. I'm sure plenty of male readers do like Edith Wharton, and it's not like I only read dudely fiction. I find Jane Austen marvelously witty, and while I did not like Wuthering...
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