A character in this novel remembers a time when she fainted in front of The Birth of Venus when she passes out in her boss's arms after he fires her.
A character in this novel remembers a time when she fainted in front of The Birth of Venus when she passes out in her boss's arms after he fires her. A short parody of this novel by Elizabeth Hardwick was published under the pseudonym Xavier Prynne. A woman in this novel is almost raped by the ski jumper Nils when she quotes from "The Shepherdess's Reply" when he recites "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love." After taking a woman's virginity, a man in this novel remarks of his wife that "Betty bled like a pig." Characters in this book include Lakey, who has a Lesbian affair with a baroness while studying art history in Europe, and Dottie Renfrew, who agrees to be fitted for a diaphragm. This novel ends with the funeral of Kay Strong, who dies after falling from a building at Vassar College. For 10 points, name this novel about a set of female university friends by Mary McCarthy.
A character in this novel remembers a time when she fainted in front of The Birth of Venus when she passes out in her boss's arms after he fires her.
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