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witskee1's review against another edition
3.0
It was a little odd to have a (semi) happy ending on one of Edith Wharton's novels. I wonder if it's just because someone else finished it or if she really intended it that way. It seemed like she usually ended stories with people being crushed by society instead of overcoming/running away from it.
jessies's review against another edition
3.0
I enjoyed this, but it obviously doesn't pack the same emotional punch as Wharton's other works. The ending is too happy for a true Whartonian story. If she had lived to finish the book, I think Nan would have died of an opium overdose while Guy stands over her, wringing his hands at her folly. Mrs. Testvalley still would have died alone and destitute.
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