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"Isabelle had been for some time capable of very strong, if very transient emotions...." - F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side Of Paradise

Oct 25

Sarah Wrote That: The House of Mirth

was written while Edith Wharton was still living in New York in 1905—or partly living in New York when not at the new house in Lenox or in Newport or abroad. The tragic force of this ambitious early novel—early in her career at least—has to do with the broadness of conception, the immediacy of…

autoreblog for house of mirth love (age of innocence seems more popular but my feelings here are like my gatsby vs tender is the night feelings, I prefer the less acclaimed/beloved, more messy one). lily bart is one of the most stunning examples of characterization ever.

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  1. espectaculos reblogged this from isabelthespy
  2. ecantwell said: Can we talk about how Ethan Frome is the worst thing in the world, though?
  3. berezina said: It was published as a serial, wasn’t it? I wonder how far in advance she knew the ending.
  4. theunscientificmethod reblogged this from isabelthespy and added:
    Yessss House of Mirth is one of my favorite classic American novels ever.
  5. isabelthespy reblogged this from sarahwrotethat and added:
    innocence seems more popular but my feelings here are like my gatsby vs tender is the night feelings, I prefer the less...
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