Sarah, Edith Wharton’s prose is as brilliant as her insights into human nature. One of the books I reread every year is Ethan Frome. Now, that is a downer. But I can’t help myself. I’m also a Gatsby re-reader, along with Mrs. Dalloway and Joan Didion’s Play it As it Lays. I don’t know what that says about me. Thank you for sharing your passion for The House of Mirth. I want to read it again.
I too love EW and House of Mirth is my absolute favorite. As someone who writes about incarceration, the book has always struck me with its many iterations of self-imprisonment. She was a genius and a badass.
In grad school I took an Edith Wharton and Henry James seminar. Did you know they were good friends? Their letters are incredible.
Sarah, Edith Wharton’s prose is as brilliant as her insights into human nature. One of the books I reread every year is Ethan Frome. Now, that is a downer. But I can’t help myself. I’m also a Gatsby re-reader, along with Mrs. Dalloway and Joan Didion’s Play it As it Lays. I don’t know what that says about me. Thank you for sharing your passion for The House of Mirth. I want to read it again.
I didn’t realize people had a problem with rereading books and I can’t imagine why. Still a lot of fights
I too love EW and House of Mirth is my absolute favorite. As someone who writes about incarceration, the book has always struck me with its many iterations of self-imprisonment. She was a genius and a badass.
In grad school I took an Edith Wharton and Henry James seminar. Did you know they were good friends? Their letters are incredible.
I had heard that, but I've never read their letters. I should. Thank you for the reminder.
I haven’t read the Edith Wharton yet.