I don't know whether Edith Wharton wrote her novels "tongue in cheek" but that is how I read them. I find them hilarious. Great fun! ( )

This tale is not nearly as compelling as The Age of Innocence, or The House of Mirth, but it is classic Wharton. I enjoyed the story of Jinny and Nan St George as they leave the prestige and arrogance of old New York to discover love abroad in England, but I was disappointed in the thread involving Nan. The beauty of the love between Nan and Guy was not nearly as heartwrenching and magnificent as the forbidden or socially incorrect loves in the aforementioned novels. I found myself having to plow through this one, instead of savoring each page. ( )

This is one of my favorites and I try to read it at least once a year. If reading Ethan Fromme turned you off to Edith Wharton, give this one a chance. It follows a group new-money young American women in their pursuits of happiness and love. ( )

Drags in places. And alot of time inbetween some of the chapters. ( )

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