Talk:The House of Mirth

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[edit] Gambling

In reference to the article: Lily doesn't tell her aunt about her gambling debts out of "reverence for honesty". She makes up that story because she needs the money to pay back Trenor. "If her aunt turned such a stony ear to the fiction of the gambling debts, in what spirit would she receive the terrible avowal of the truth?"

Just out of curiosity, is her aunt really named Mrs. Peniston? 'Cause that's perverted. It was on the California STAR tests for juniors in 2006. --M1ss1ontomars2k4 01:30, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Perversion is in the eye of the beholder. Yes, it's Mrs.Peniston.

--UnicornTapestry (talk) 11:39, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Article upgrading needed

Plenty of advice here - but bear in mind that this article is primarily about a novel, the Film adaptations if they is going to head in the direction of a fuller treatment should really have their own articles. :: Kevinalewis : ^{(Talk Page)}/_(Desk) 11:01, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

I created a page for the 2000 film, and a disambig page for the other film adaptations - AKeen (talk) 15:46, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

I found the book report synopsis unacceptably weak, at least the first half. It uses the word 'sabotage' several times to gloss over the finer meanings of what's really going on. It's like saying the Book of Matthew is about a kid born in a barn who does magic tricks.

--UnicornTapestry (talk) 11:39, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

(1) it's a plot summary, not an essay on the "finer meanings" of the book. (2) if you see any errors, please correct them, rather than huffing here that you find it "unacceptably weak." Uucp (talk) 13:46, 12 February 2008 (UTC)