The Bunner Sisters

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Hello and Happy Holidays to all. I was wondering if we are going to continue or take a break until the New Year. Also, are there many more books to go? Maybe The Gods was her last?

Lcsmcat, Graywacke

Lcsmcat The Buccaneers was her last written (and unfinished) novel, but Fast and Loose was published last. I‘m fine with waiting until January - December is really busy for me - but will make time for it if others want to read in December. 3w

Graywacke Thanks for the nudge. I‘m thinking Buccaneers in January at a slow pace because i made conflicting plans. There‘s also A Backward Glance. And i was wondering there might be interest in the Hermione Lee biography. @Lcsmcat 3w

Currey Great. I will assume a Wharton starting in January. Have a wonderful December. 3w

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AshleyHoss820

Bunner Sisters | Edith Wharton

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Edith Wharton captures humanity in such a realistic, soul-bearing way. The pressure of society, isolation, familial obligation...she‘s a master. This tale of two sisters and their relationship with one bachelor is definitely worth the read. As I‘ve warned before, Wharton doesn‘t write happily-ever-after. She gives you a window into a real world. #1001Books 195/1,001

BarbaraBB All Wharton wrote is magic 🤍 4y

AshleyHoss820 @BarbaraBB I really enjoy her work. She is so thoughtful and thought-provoking. She can take an ordinary person‘s life and evoke such emotion from it. 4y

BarbaraBB Definitely. I do preferred her bigger books though, don‘t you? 4y

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AshleyHoss820 @BarbaraBB Oh, yes! Age of Innocence was magnificent. By far my favorite of her, so far!! 4y

batsy Great review! I loved this, too. 4y

AshleyHoss820 @batsy Thank you!! 😄 4y

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Bunner Sisters | Edith Wharton

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Another great one by Wharton...again so bittersweet but such a page turner too. She does social sacrifice and social twists so much better than anyone I‘ve ever read. I always get sucked in, and flip the pages, knowing the twist will be coming....and this one with 2 sisters falling for the same lonely bachelor, and the twisted paths that takes, definitely will be memorable.

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batsy Great review; I really liked this too. She's ruthless about depicting the twists and turns of human nature. 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @batsy Yes, if I just described the plot of these, I don‘t know if they‘d be as compelling...but she writes so well, and sucks you in so quickly that you care what happens, and they all become so memorable and stick with you. 5y

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dariazeoli

Bunner Sisters | Edith Wharton

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I enjoyed this novella, though I didn‘t expect it to take the dark turn it did. As one of the sisters writes, “...they who exchange their independence for the sweet name of Wife must be prepared to find all is not gold that glitters...”

She wasn‘t kidding!

I won‘t spoil the story, but I will say, be wary of gifting clocks. Time is shorter than we think!

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Tamra Ohhh, this sounds good! I‘m a big fan of Wharton. (edited) 5y

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Eggs

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Sad, impoverished sisters Anne Eliza and Evelina struggle to survive in Stuyvesant with their little odds and ends store. When they meet Ramy, whom they both “like”, their story begins to change...

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Eggs

The Bunner Sisters | Edith Wharton

“In the days when New York‘s traffic moved at the pace of the drooping horse-car, when society applauded Christine Nilsson at the Academy ofMusic and basked in the sunsets of the Hudson River School on the walls of the National Academy of Design, an inconspicuous shop with a single show-window was intimately and favourably known to the feminine population of the quarter bordering on Stuyvesant Square.” #firstlinefridays Can you believe this??

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BarbaraBB

Bunner Sisters | Edith Wharton

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The Bunner sisters, Ann Eliza and Evelina, keep a small shop. When they become involved with Mr Ramy, both sisters fall a bit in love with him. Ann Eliza decides to sacrifice her own hopes and yearnings for those of her sister. Egocentrical Evelina doesn‘t even notice what Ann Eliza does for her. This is the main theme of this sweet and sad story.

Once again Wharton succeeds in creating a main character that‘ll stay with me.
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RidgewayGirl I drive a MINI, too! 7y

Tamra 💜 Wharton 7y

batsy I loved this! 7y

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DrexEdit Wow! I need to read this one! 7y

BarbaraBB @RidgewayGirl Nice car, no?! Did you bring it from Germany? I think they are quite special in the US or am I wrong? 7y

RidgewayGirl I love it. I like driving something so cute. I‘m convinced other drivers are nicer to me because of my little blue MINI. 7y

BarbaraBB @RidgewayGirl Me too. I think it is a car for cool women 😉💪 7y

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BarbaraBB

The Bunner Sisters | Edith Wharton

#Riotgrams day 12: #FavoriteLeadingLadies

One of my favourite leading ladies is the author of my current read: Edith Wharton. A century ago she lived life like she wanted, in a way that is quite normal for us, but certainly wasn‘t 100 years ago. Better even, she wrote about it and I consider her books a great gift to her generation and generations afterwards. She was also the first woman to win the Pullitzer Prize in 1921.

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Tamra Wharton is one of few authors I will read anything she wrote! 7y

quietlycuriouskate I've never read her! Clearly that's something I need to put right. 7y

BarbaraBB @River_Voice Oh yes you should. She‘s really worth reading. 7y

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LeahBergen Love Wharton. 😍 7y

ValerieAndBooks Love Wharton! But haven‘t read her in years. I have a couple of her books still left to be read, really should pick them up soon! 7y

BarbaraBB @ValerieAndBooks you can read her for the #1001books list! 7y

ValerieAndBooks @BarbaraBB yes, this one and Summer which is in my TBR both in the list 😊