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Edith Whartons Old New York gathers four linked novellasFalse Dawn The Old Maid The Spark and New Years Dayeach set in a different decade between the 1840s and 1870s Together they form a finely structured social history of Manhattans ruling classes tracing changing attitudes toward art marriage female independence sexuality and public reputation Whartons lucid ironic prose combines realist observation with the compressed intensity of the novella ...Seguir leyendo