EDITH WHARTON

STYLE
W: verisimilitude, char dev, psychl!y"# $#a!ills%
W: &velist ' ma&&ers"#
W: i&dicates deeper emti&s i&directly"#
( $(ell%: t re'i&ed, t i&tellectual, t s&))ish, t humrless
(: i&ade*uately realistic
(: appeal ' a sciety !ssip clum&
(: 'ri!id, dista&t, reserved att t+ard chars
(: ele!a&t style c&sidered a limitati&
(: thic, -amesia& atmsphere i& +hich &thi&! huma&, i&cl emti&, ca& stir
AI: remi&isce&t )ut satiric"LR.
AI: mell+ a&d ele!iac md"T+ay&e $T%
AI: satiri/es a sciety she als respects"T
AI: each chap prese&ts &e sc releva&t t mai& plt a&d 'cused & N"T
AI: N cha&!es a&d seems i&creasi&!ly cmple0 as &vel develps"T
AI: ir&ic treatme&t ' N as he l,s ir&ically & thers"T
AI: N 1 E almst &ever a''rded privacy i& their meeti&!s"T
AI: )2ects used as sym)ls"T
AI: imprta&ce ' setti&!3 almst a character"EN
AI: sharp +it a&d su)tle use ' ir&y"EN
AI: ir&y used 'r cmedy as +ell as tra!edy"EN
AI: realistic detail"EN
AI: & rele&tless +itticisms r ci&cide&ces, as i& her lesser +r,s"EN
AI: )ildu&!srma& 'cused & N"EN
AI: heavy"ha&ded clever&ess 4#i/e&er5"EN
AI: dramatic s,ill a&d ec&my 4#i/e&er5"EN
THE#ES
W: deeper tha& sur'ace ma&&ers3 u&iversal truths"#
W: c&stricti&! sciety3 survival ' spirit despite this"#
W: p+er ' e&vir&me&t ver i&dividual"#
W: i&&ce&ce vs6 e0perie&ce"#
W: almst scie&ti'ic 'asci&ati& +ith the NY milieu"#
W: chars victimi/ed )y their sc a&d )y their +& +ea,&esses"#
W: i&dividual i& sciety"#
H#: L )th i&sider a&d utsider3 thus esp 'asci&ati&!"#
H#: as L desce&ds scially, she !r+s str&!er i& char"#
AI: c&'lict )et+ i&d a&d sc"LR.
AI: cmple0ity ' the idea ' i&&ce&ce
AI: N as i&e''ectual a&d timid
AI: i& early dra'ts, N did ru& a+ay +ith E
AI: his 'i&al decisi& is +ise
AI: rec!&i/es )th the stre&!ths a&d limitati&s ' this sc"T
AI: critici/ed 'r )ei&! a&achr&istic a&d t scially &arr+"T
AI: #ay a str&!er, mre resurce'ul 'i!ure tha& N assumes"T
AI: prpriety a&d decrum $EN: E&tes%
AI: rle ' +me&"EN
AI: i&dividual a&d sciety"EN
AI: arti'ice"EN
AI: &ever all+s the rma&ce t desce&d i&t meldrama"#