The current book obsessions of Reader deputy editor Kate Schmidt and OneIllinois editor Ted Cox
Tag: Edith Wharton
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Kate Bolick’s new book surveys the past, present, and future of the unmarried woman
And, in the process, determines that “spinsters” should no longer be sad
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Spinsters of the world unite!
A new book surveys the past, present, and future of the unmarried woman.
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THE AGE OF INNOCENCE Directed by Martin Scorsese Written by Jay Cocks and Scorsese With Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, Stuart Wilson, Miriam Margolyes, Geraldine Chaplin, Mary Beth Hurt, and Norman Lloyd. Martin Scorsese clearly intends The Age of Innocence—his close adaptation of Edith Wharton’s 1920 novel about wealthy New York society in the […]