Ваша оценкаConsidered by many to be her masterpiece, Edith Wharton's second full-length work is a scathing yet personal examination of the exploits and follies of the modern upper class. As she unfolds the story of Undine Spragg, from New York to Europe, Wharton affords us a detailed glimpse of what might be called the interior décor of this America and its nouveau riche fringes. Through a heroine who is as vain, spoiled, and selfish as she is irresistibly fascinating, and through a most intricate and sati...
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innashpitzberg17 мая 2017 г.She had everything she wanted, but she still felt, at times, that there were other things she might want if she knew about them.
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The habit of solitude had given him a passion for the printed page, and if he could have found a book anywhere--any kind of a book--he would have forgotten the long hours and the empty house."
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Her husband stood looking at her coldly and curiously, as though she were some alien apparition his eyes had never before beheld.
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