House of Mirth (Barnes & Noble Classics - Edith Wharton [200]
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Lily would know this romantic image from late-eighteenth-century English Gothic novels, which often featured castles in this mountain range in central Italy.
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Hill in Rome with palaces and tourist attractions.
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False shame (French).
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District of London once known for its slums.
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Valley in eastern Switzerland with many popular resorts.
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Thanks for the compliment (French).
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Soft, thin silk with slightly ruffled surface.
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In ancient and medieval cosmology, term for the highest heaven; often used in reference to the ultimate paradise.
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Archaic word for church; the French governess went to the rival Catholic Church.
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Reddish-brown horses. †Period of the day when social callers were received.
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Fabric from a fashionable store in London.
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Small, edible shore bird.
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A shelf in a fireplace, used to warm food. †Wigs tied in the back with ribbons.
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Eleventh- to twelfth-century Persian poet whose Rubáiyát was translated into English by Edward FitzGerald in 1859.
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Once-fashionable suburb of New York City.
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To protect clothes and eyes when driving in an open car.
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Marriageable young lady (French).
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Reference to the Bible, Matthew 19:24: “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God” (KJV).
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Prohibited evil; unlawful act (Latin). †Light carriage with an open top.
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Bond owners received interest by redeeming the coupons that were attached.
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Fashionable French couturier and art collector Jacques Doucet (1853-1929).
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New York jewelry store founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany (1812-1902), father of renowned glassmaker and interior decorator Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933).
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Personal effects.
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Copy of a famous Greek statue of a wounded Gaul.
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Oil-based cleaning soap.
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Well-known Parisian fashion house headed by designer Jeanne Beckers (1869-1936).
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On the mantle are a clock made of ormulu, a gilded metal used to imitate gold, and decorated with a statue of the Roman goddess of wisdom and the arts, and vases made from malachite, a green mineral.
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Fine handmade lace from Italy (French).
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Wallpaper embossed with patterns.
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Mountain range in northeastern New York where the wealthy once built retreats known as “camps.”
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Steam-powered pleasure boat.
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Richard Wagner (1813-1883), German composer of operas who enjoyed godlike popularity in the nineteenth century.
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Muslim people of the Malay peninsula in southeast Asia.
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Expensive lingerie shop.
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Literally, living pictures (French); silent, static performances in which costumed characters represent well-known works of art.
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Stage setting (French). †Fabric woven with patterns, originally from Damascus, Syria.
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Paolo Veronese (1528-1588), Venetian painter of massive pictures with rich costumes and sumptuous architectural frameworks. †An allegorical painting by the Florentine artist Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510).
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Francisco José Goya (1746-1828), Spanish painter and etcher. †References in this paragraph include Artist’s Daughter, by the Venetian colorist Titian (c.1488-1576); Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641), Flemish-born portrait artist; Angelica Kauffmann (1740-1807), Swiss painter of neoclassical decorative scenes; the Venetian painter Veronese (1528-1588); and French painter Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721).
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Mentioned in this paragraph are Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), who painted a well-known portrait, Mrs. Lloyd, and Venetian artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770), who decorated the Palazzo Labia with scenes from the life of Cleopatra.
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It would be absurd to ask Caliban, Prospero’s deformed slave in William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, to judge the beauty of Prospero’s daughter Miranda.
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One who believes that the highest good is pleasure. †Flounces that decorate a dress to cover up a woman’s body.
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In ancient Greek and Roman mythology, an avenging female deity.
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The reference is to members of the ancient Greek school of