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Wharton inserts a natural writer raised in the vacuous suburbs, without any foundational literature, in an abandoned grand house with a fabulous library, adds a sort of sprite-muse…and then tries to make a plot out of it. Materialism and unhappiness are her themes. But so is the mind of the writer and publishing world and… well, too much more. It all comes to, I guess, a sequel… which we haven‘t read yet. #whartonbuddyread