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1 Edith Wharton: "The House of Mirth"
"The House of Mirth" was a bestseller in 1905 and is one of the great American novels of that period. Lily Bart can't choose between marrying a rich man or the man she loves. It also illustrates the hypocrisy of American high society back then.
Tough
20 Q
queenofsheba
Jan 23 07
213 plays
2 Who Knows? Wharton's "The Age of Innocence"
Edith Wharton's prize-winning novel brings alive 'old New York' in the contexts of international customs. While social settings are key, Wharton's characters rule. How many of them can you identify by how they know things?
Average
10 Q
Windswept
Sep 21 08
168 plays
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Some sample questions from this category:

* In chapter one Lily drinks first with Selden and later again with Percy Gryce. What does she drink?
* In what American city does the major part of the story take place?
* What does Percy Gryce collect?
* The title "The House of Mirth" refers to the estate of the Trenors. What's its name?
* What is Mrs. Peniston to Lily?


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