Wharton Wednesday: Book 1, Ch 8, 9, 10
Week 4: "The first thousand dollar cheque which Lily received...strengthened her self-confidence in the exact degree to which it effaced her debts."
Welcome to Week 4!
We are getting close to the end of Book 1, which marks the halfway point in the novel. Today, we’re working through Chapters 8, 9, and 10 of The House of Mirth.
View all previous chapter summaries and the reading schedule.
For next week, read chapters 11, 12, and 13.
The thousand-dollar question this we…
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