Thursday, January 25, 2007

Limousine liberal ...

... Edith Wharton: Intolerable, unstoppable, indispensable. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

"Not merely was her unearned income sweated from the brows of her uncivilised countrymen, her earned income came out of their pockets."

"... perhaps she isn’t as deep and subtle as Henry James — but then nor is Henry James. He just hides it better."

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