Review: The constrictions of society and the complication of race..
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 24, 2011
It is a good example of the genre and it would be an added extra to have readHouse of Mirth, but not a necessity. Simon Rosedale is the grandson of a an afluent Jew around 1904, he is the product of a scandalous marriage, which makes him a person who isn't accepted in his own society or the Gentile one. For me the book portrays the blatant rascism, economic background and most importantly genetics, which dominated the Gilded Age. How seclusion from society could bring upon the downfall of whole families. How each sentence had to be phrased as to not affront the sensitive nature of the person you were speaking with. It is a book that reminds me of Bleak House and the tragedy of misconceptions and assumed impropriety. Lovely and reminiscent of many a classic I have read. I received a free copy of this book for my review.Rosedale In Love