I love this book - Edith Wharton has a very good sense of humour.

It's a shame when People don't realize Good Literature.

Unfortunately this book, as too many others are missing, or on trace, or lost... Watch attentively and take record every time when you find that some item is missing. I think the authorities of the library should be informed out of this site.

One of my all-time favourites, and probably Wharton's best.

So boring I didn't even finish it....but my friend did and from what she told me it wasn't worth finishing.

Victorian New York City is the location of this novel. Wharton describes the constrictions of upper class society as she tells of a love story between Newland Archer and the exotic Countess Olenska. The language is rich and depicts the behaviour and language of the time. To me the best line was "atmosphere of faint implications and pale delicacies".

Amazing book (and the film is good too). Again, Wharton shows the social pressures of the time and how they affect women, marriages and love. Old New York vs. New New York are pitted against each other as well.