![]() ![]() ![]() Naturally, Miss Bart's story is neither straightforward nor without trial.Īs Miss Bart herself attests, living among the social elites of the world is a costly endeavor for those whose income is not suitable for the task: "You think we live on the rich, rather than with them: and so we do, in a sense-but it's a privilege we have to pay for! We eat their dinners, and drink their wine, and smoke their cigarettes, and use their carriages and their opera-boxes and their private cars-yes, but there's a tax to pay on every one of those luxuries. Bart is introduced as a young woman just on the verge of needing to get serious about marriage. Based in New York, Wharton turns a critical eye on the upscale Lily Bart and her fanciful society of friends. ![]()
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