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Kelley
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Now that Lily has been removed from society and family she is struggling to find a foot hold. The fact that she still clings to marriage as her only option, and marriage to someone wealthy is frustrating. The characters of this novel never seem to evolve or grow. The story is always the same...immature back biting...I don't understand the importance.
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PostSubject: Re: Book 2 Chapters 4-6   Book 2 Chapters 4-6 Icon_minitimeTue Jun 26, 2007 9:55 pm

Maybe, like every other "fluffy" classic, it is building on her shallowness and continual stupidity to make the main character go through misery.

Ladies we have seen this before.
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PostSubject: Re: Book 2 Chapters 4-6   Book 2 Chapters 4-6 Icon_minitimeWed Jun 27, 2007 2:32 pm

Yes, we have been exposed to this in at least two other novels. wharton may be trying to portray the ultimate silliness of the upperclass to covet wealth above anything else. I need to go back and read about her upbringing and see if there is a connection.
this book on 'manners' may be to show how one can place themselves in society with the right kind of training and intuitiveness as Lilly did when young, ( or how she was taken in by her Aunt, because it was the mannerly thing to do, who gave her a small allowance, because it was expected that she should) and how another person can just as easily extricate another person fromthe upper crust if it is handled in an aristocratic (and mannerly) way.
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