In the opening scene of this novel, Christine Nilsson is performing in Gounod's Faust.
A character in this novel uses a treatment mandated by Dr. Bencomb as an excuse not to attend a party hosted by the unfashionable Professor Emerson Sillerton. In the opening scene of this novel, Christine Nilsson is performing in Gounod's Faust. Its protagonist's mother begs the Van der Luydens to invite another character to a party on behalf of the Duke of St. Austrey. A climactic point in this novel is when the failure of Julius Beaufort's bank causes the obese society matron Mrs. (*) Manson Mingott to have a stroke. It ends with the protagonist taking a trip to Paris with his son Dallas, where he refuses to see his former lover. Its protagonist marries May Welland despite his lifelong love for Ellen Olenska. For 10 points, name this Edith Wharton novel about Newland Archer.
A character in this novel uses a treatment mandated by Dr. Bencomb as an excuse not to attend a party hosted by the unfashionable Professor Emerson Sillerton.
The Age of Innocence