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Interpreting Edith Wharton's "Roman Fever"
Title: Interpreting Edith Wharton's "Roman Fever"
Category: Literature / English
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Interpreting Edith Wharton's "Roman Fever"
Definitive criteria for judging the success or failure of a work of fiction are not easily agreed upon; individuals almost necessarily introduce bias into any such attempt. Only those who affect an exorbitantly refined artistic taste, however, would deny the importance of poignancy in literary pieces. To be sure, writings of dubious and fleeting merit frequently enchant the public, but there is too the occasional author who garners widespread acclaim and whose works remain deeply …showed first 75 words of 1213 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1213 total…demeanor, establishes the introvert as the more radical character.
'Roman Fever,' then, is a work deserving of its place among acclaimed literature. Its brevity, rather than stifling artistry, serves instead to showcase the skill of an adept author. It is a multifaceted story and will doubtless continue to be enjoyed by future generations.
Works Cited
Wharton, Edith. 'Roman Fever.' 1936. The Heath Anthology of American Literature. Ed. Paul
Lauter, et al. 2nd ed. Vol. 1. Lexington: Heath, 1994. 1116-1125.
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