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“Wharton’s novels are not romances in the sense that Austen’s are, although both are set in a certain wealthy layer of society, and where the question is whether people are going to form happy relationships or not. They’re not comic romances; Wharton’s novels are more tragic than that. A lot of her books are set in 1870s New York, when some enormous fortunes have been made, where New York is still under construction, and the balance of power is shifting between old money and new. It’s an amazing novel. All of Wharton’s books are brilliant.” Read more...
Novels of the Rich and Wealthy
Andrew Hunter Murray, Comedians & Humorist
