One novel by this author begins with the protagonist's mother wailing "how can you?" while waving around a note from a bell-boy.
One novel by this author begins with the protagonist's mother wailing "how can you?" while waving around a note from a bell-boy. In that novel by this author, Ralph Marvell tries to comfort the protagonist as she sobs upon realizing she is pregnant and will lose "a whole year out of life." Another character created by this author laughs maniacally in front of his sister Janey after discovering that Mrs. (*) Manson Mingott has approved moving up the date of his wedding in a telegram sent to Ellen Olenska. Along with a work about Newland Archer, this author wrote a work in which a woman discovers that her pickle dish has been broken before her husband and Mattie attempt suicide by sledding into a tree. For 10 points, name this author of The Age of Innocence and Ethan Frome.
One novel by this author begins with the protagonist's mother wailing "how can you?" while waving around a note from a bell-boy.
Edith Wharton 