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angiehoer7 's review for:
The House of Mirth
by Edith Wharton
This was a great book! The life of the different social classes all played out on a melodramatic stage. The politics of society in New York City was intensely illustrated in the rise and fall of Lily Bart. One of my favorite lines was spoken by Lily Bart about Gert, "But we're so different, you know; she likes being good, and I like being happy."
And the measure of emotions, "She had passed beyod the phase of well-bred reciprocity, in which every demonstration must be scrupulously proportioned to the emotion it elicits, and generosity of feeling is the only ostentation condemned."
The pursuit of a husband was as necessary then, as the pursuit of a career is today except for Lily it was illusive like trying to hold purpose in your hand. The Selden/Lily connection was enrapturing.
And the measure of emotions, "She had passed beyod the phase of well-bred reciprocity, in which every demonstration must be scrupulously proportioned to the emotion it elicits, and generosity of feeling is the only ostentation condemned."
The pursuit of a husband was as necessary then, as the pursuit of a career is today except for Lily it was illusive like trying to hold purpose in your hand. The Selden/Lily connection was enrapturing.