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The Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton, is a book that modern readers will perhaps find hard to appreciate. Not so much from the writing itself — Wharton is one of the masters of literary craft and this book won her the Pulitzer Prize for literature in 1921. Rather, modern readers, raised in an age of independence and the anti-hero, where cultural standards are routinely smacked down with a hammer, may just not understand . . . → Read More: Review: Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton Traditionally, the end of the year is a time for reflection about what you’ve accomplished during the past year and a chance to set goals for the coming year. I don’t often post end-of-year reviews, but since today, December 31, 2009, marks the end of not only the year 2009, but also the end of the first 10 years of the 2000s — the end of the 00s — I wanted to at least say . . . → Read More: At the End of the 00s, A Personal Lookback |
 
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