Miss Peniston disinherits the protagonist, who variously gained the affections of Gus Trenor and Simon Rosedale, though the latter eventually rejects her, befor she nearly marries Lawrence Selden For 10 points, name this novel about Lily Bart, a work of Edith Wharton.
This work's protagonist frequenly carries around a copy of Omar Khayyam, and she is invited to the Adirondacks for Thanksgiving. envies Evie van Osburgh's marriage to Percy Gryce and later works as a secretary to Miss Norma Hatch. That protagonist is shown compassion by Carry Fisher and her cousin Jack Steptney after a disastrous Mediterranean cruise wherein Ned's affair with Bertha prompts the latter to spread rumors the protagonist had an affair with Dorset. This novel ends with the protagonist dead on her bed after taking an excess of (*) sleeping medicine, where she is found by the man who was about to propose marriage to her. Miss Peniston disinherits the protagonist, who variously gained the affections of Gus Trenor and Simon Rosedale, though the latter eventually rejects her, befor she nearly marries Lawrence Selden For 10 points, name this novel about Lily Bart, a work of Edith Wharton. [Shantanu]
This work's protagonist frequenly carries around a copy of Omar Khayyam, and she is invited to the Adirondacks for Thanksgiving.
The {House} of {Mirth}