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Title: no pity for Lily Bart
Review: I was looking forward to reading this book for a long time, but found it totally lame. Why, exactly, am I supposed to identify or sympathize with Lily? I found her greedy and stupid and totally lacking in self control or basic common sense. I admit a century has passed between her life and mine, but her problems remind me of my contemporaries who have no money because they *spend* too much money. How is that heroic?Ironically, as she's whining about being relegated to second-tier society circles, she describes them as painters and actors and a crowd with a lot more character than her high society friends. Sounds like victory rather than chrisis, but Lily finds it dreadfully "dingy". Boo Hoo. Get a grip Lily, millions of people live without money. Ultimately, it's not all that tragic.
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