House of Mirth is, in fact, not mirthful. It should have a sticker: No mirth within. Wharton couldn't even let Lily remember the word she meant to tell Selden before she slipped into her drug-induced sleep?
He knelt by the bed and bent over her, draining their last moment to its lees; and in the silence there passed between them the word which made all clear.
Dammit.
If you never plan to read this book, but are curious--see Terence Davies' House of Mirth. It's excellent. Gillian Anderson is Lillian Bart.
He knelt by the bed and bent over her, draining their last moment to its lees; and in the silence there passed between them the word which made all clear.
Dammit.
If you never plan to read this book, but are curious--see Terence Davies' House of Mirth. It's excellent. Gillian Anderson is Lillian Bart.
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