In The House of Mirth, Wharton explores the status of women at the turn of the nineteenth to the twentieth century indeed, Wolff believes that the novel “echo the many dissatisfactions Wharton felt at this time.” Heroine Lily Bart is a beautiful woman who has been brought up to achieve one goal: marry a wealthy, well-placed man. The novel, as well as many of Wharton’s other works, continues to enjoy great success to the present day. House of Mirth – “While The House of Mirth was only Edith Wharton’s second novel, Cynthia Griffin Wolff points out in the Dictionary of Literary Biography, with it Wharton “emerged as a professionally serious, masterful novelist.” Published in 1905 it had the fastest sales of any of its publishing house’s books at the time. Torn between duty and passion, Archer struggles to make a decision that will either courageously define his life-or mercilessly destroy it.” -goodreads But when the mysterious Countess Ellen Olenska returns to New York after a disastrous marriage, Archer falls deeply in love with her. This is Newland Archer’s world as he prepares to marry the beautiful but conventional May Welland. Sponsored by The Vermont Humanities CouncilĪge of Innocence – “Winner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize, The Age of Innocence is Edith Wharton’s masterful portrait of desire and betrayal during the sumptuous Golden Age of Old New York, a time when society people “dreaded scandal more than disease.” Join us at the library or virtually by following this link (the passcode is “Blake”) –
Suzanne Brown will be facilitating our discussions for 3 Edith Wharton books on the following dates:
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