The two were universal stances, and touched many on a personal basis, resulting in Wharton's great success. ... After much critical acclaim, Wharton settled in Paris, France in the 1910's, where she would live until death. ...

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For it deals not in the least, as to unapproachability, with things exalted or refined; it only confers on its sufficiently vulgar elements of exhibition a final unsurpassable form " (Norton Critical Edition, 414). ... The novel neither praises nor condemns the actions of the selfish, flighty, confused protagonist, but instead presents them with an ambiguous stance. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate