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Jul. 26th, 2004 02:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ginny_tA snippet of The House of Mirth:
...the freedom of speech which never arrived at wit and the freedom of act which never made for romance.
I'm really enjoying this story. Lily Bart is a complex character, a beautiful yet poor woman trying to make her way in a harsh world. She has no one to protect her, yet longs for something more than a marriage of wealth & convenience, and so sabotages her own progress towards the match that would secure her future.
...the freedom of speech which never arrived at wit and the freedom of act which never made for romance.
I'm really enjoying this story. Lily Bart is a complex character, a beautiful yet poor woman trying to make her way in a harsh world. She has no one to protect her, yet longs for something more than a marriage of wealth & convenience, and so sabotages her own progress towards the match that would secure her future.