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  I read this first as a teenager. Makes more sense when you're a grown-up, and it's deliciously vicious and cruel under the "costume drama" façade. Loved the descriptions of the stifling NY society. Oh, by the way, it's one of the rare books which were transposed into a movie with perfect results.

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  Paola said on Mar 5, 2008 about the Paperback edition | 1 feedback

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  A perfect hymn to lost chances, enhanced by ethical value.

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  Lisa Mattiussi said on May 12, 2011 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  "Ah, no, he did not want May to have that kind of innocence, the innocence that seals the mind against imagination and the heart against experience!"

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  sepia officinalis said on Sep 1, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Can your heart beat fast for something that is permitted? (N.A.)

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  krys said on May 4, 2011 | Add your feedback

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  Magnificent. Brilliantly captures how society's conventions interfere with individual desires, and the hypocrisy and irony that are a part of this.

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  sid_rw said on Dec 22, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  I read this for a Modern Lit course in College. I really really liked this book. It had a real twisted story and some sexual bits... which of course makes for an excellent read. Tie that in with some family frustrations and a little death and its fabulous. I think I will reread this one day.

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  karattack said on Jan 4, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• ISBN-10: 0194230767
• ISBN-13: 9780194230766
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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