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Narrative threads of anxiety, luck, and age in Edith Wharton's 1905 The House of Mirth
Today’s scene comes from Edith Wharton.
In Edith Wharton’s 1905 novel The House of Mirth, the 29-year-old socialite Lily Bart frets with diverse but relatable anxieties: she longs for a different, bet…
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