Just finished Edith Wharton's Age of Innocence. Finished reading right before I created my Tildes account, so my profile is named after one of the major characters. Absolutely beautiful book....
Just finished Edith Wharton's Age of Innocence. Finished reading right before I created my Tildes account, so my profile is named after one of the major characters. Absolutely beautiful book. Bone-dry sense of humor. Sarcastic in ways older American authors often aren't. Extremely detailed about a world long gone (19th century Manhattan high society). And with something utterly heartbreaking and sincere at the heart of it.
Highly recommend this book to Succession fans who want more high quality writing about mostly useless rich people. It's not the same thing in the slightest. But if that sort of thing could be called a genre, then this book would fit. Just don't read it lightly if you're over 40. The book's ending is absolutely gutting to those middle aged with regrets. I speak from experience.
Just finished Edith Wharton's Age of Innocence. Finished reading right before I created my Tildes account, so my profile is named after one of the major characters. Absolutely beautiful book. Bone-dry sense of humor. Sarcastic in ways older American authors often aren't. Extremely detailed about a world long gone (19th century Manhattan high society). And with something utterly heartbreaking and sincere at the heart of it.
Highly recommend this book to Succession fans who want more high quality writing about mostly useless rich people. It's not the same thing in the slightest. But if that sort of thing could be called a genre, then this book would fit. Just don't read it lightly if you're over 40. The book's ending is absolutely gutting to those middle aged with regrets. I speak from experience.