![]() Thomas Jefferson warned that novel reading causes “a bloated imagination, sickly judgment, and disgust towards all the real businesses of life” (which didn’t stop him from carrying on some novel-worthy business with Sally Hemings). Or misread them.įor a long time now, we’ve been anxious about novels’ potential to delude us - or usually others. ![]() ![]() Jeffrey Eugenides’s new novel, “ The Marriage Plot,” starts down the aisle sparkling with humor like a modern version of “ Pride and Prejudice,” but before reaching the altar, it veers into the romantic disappointments of “ The Portrait of a Lady” and finally descends perilously close to “ Ethan Frome.” Which is to say, this is a story about romance and novels - and the bright young people who read them. ![]()
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