March 2012
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February 2012
20 posts
Edith @ 150 →
I enjoyed the article too, esp. what he said about the perfection of the long view in Age of Innocence, that Archer and Ellen are both Edith. But I think Franzen missed the point of The House of Mirth. He says readers want to shout at Lily to stop making mistakes, not to take the walk with Selden which prevents her from marrying Gryce etc. But these “mistakes” -avoiding men she...
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