Wharton Wednesday: Book 1, Ch 11, 12 & 13

Week 5: "Deuced bold thing to show herself in that get-up!"

Welcome to Week 5!

Next week, we wrap Book 1. You’re doing it, we’re doing it, we’re reading this novel so slowly together! And I, for one, am having a blast. I can’t wait to hear all your thoughts on this week’s assigned chapters.

Today, we’re working through Chapters 11, 12, and 13 of The House of Mirth.

• Get full read-a-long details here.

• View all previous chapter summaries and the reading schedule.

• For next week, read chapters 14 and 15 — and then write about them! You’ll find a special prompt for the end of Book 1 included in this week’s notes.

Note that today’s newsletter, thanks to all the artwork I’ve included, is too long for email! You’ll need to click over to your browser or the Substack app to read the whole thing. Sorry, in advance, for being so darn verbose 😉

What happens in chapters 11, 12, and 13

Here is our usual plot summary of what happens in each chapter. The characters we meet this week are in bold.

In Chapter 11:

• It’s been a rough economic season for the upper crust and…