Set in 1870s upper-class New York, the novel follows a man caught between an established engagement and an unexpected attraction that threatens his place within a rigid social world.
Why it connectsShared: Literary Fiction and Observant.
Worth knowingSocial conflict arrives through manners, omissions, and constrained choices rather than action or explicit emotional catharsis.






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