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Cathy G
Cathy G asked in Arts & HumanitiesBooks & Authors · 1 decade ago

Has anyone read Edith Wharton's novels?

Out of The House of Mirth, The Age of Innocence, and Ethan Frome, which is best?

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  • Olive Sorceress
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    They're all great. I loved The Age of Innocence the most.

    Somehow, I can't quite accept that Lily Bart is as noble as Wharton makes her out to be in House of Mirth. I really love the way May schemes in Age of Innocence while still being the virtuous one in everyone's eyes.

    By the way, each novel has a really good movie too: Age of Innocence in 1993 with Winona Ryder, Daniel Day-Lewis and Michelle Pfeiffer; House of Mirth in 2000 with Gillian Anderson from X-Files as Lily Bart; and Ethan Frome in 1993 with Liam Neeson.

    For a free audio of each novel you can go to

    librivox.org

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    I only read Ethan Frome, but it gives me chills to this day.

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