When I first told A Consoled Reader that I was going to read The Buccaneers next, he said, “I never could figure out why Edith Wharton wrote a book about pirates.” Maybe a book about pirates would have been a little more exciting. The Buccaneers was unfinished when Edith Wharton died in 1937. The incomplete manuscript… Continue reading The Buccaneers by Edith Wharton
Opposites most certainly attract in North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell. The North (of England) is industrial, smoky, dirty, and dark. The South is lush, green, bright, and full of life. Margaret Hale, the heroine of the story, calls both home. Although she spent most of her childhood living a posh life in the London… Continue reading North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
“Old New York” society was the most exclusive of clubs. Its social rule book was vast and very strict, dictating the lives of those lucky few allowed in. The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton tells the story of Newland Archer, a member of that elite social club. He’s young, wealthy, from a good family and… Continue reading The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
2015 was not a year for books unfortunately. I had a baby in June- my first – and had a very hard time motivating myself to keep reading while adjusting to my new life and trying to get by on very little sleep. I’m hoping that changes in 2016. I’ve set a goal for myself to… Continue reading Best of 2015
The Air of Ideas 