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Old New York
by Edith Wharton
This is a collection of four novellas centered around New York aristocracy in the nineteenth century. Each novella represents a different decade (40s, 50s, 60s & 70s), and illustrates the whims and idiosyncrasies of a society preoccupied with morals and appearance.
I give it five stars solely because of the last two novellas (The Spark and New Year's Day.) The Spark tells the story of Hayley Delane--an upper crust man tolerated and humored by society despite his internal moral compass that often leads him to deviate from established norms. This compass was in large part influenced by a gentleman he met while wounded in the Civil War, and has a wonderful twist at the end. New Year's Day is another beautifully told story of a woman whose actions were judged by those who had no clue as to what circumstances warranted them in the first place.
I give it five stars solely because of the last two novellas (The Spark and New Year's Day.) The Spark tells the story of Hayley Delane--an upper crust man tolerated and humored by society despite his internal moral compass that often leads him to deviate from established norms. This compass was in large part influenced by a gentleman he met while wounded in the Civil War, and has a wonderful twist at the end. New Year's Day is another beautifully told story of a woman whose actions were judged by those who had no clue as to what circumstances warranted them in the first place.