The House of Mirth: Summaries and Commentaries: Chapter III

Summaries and Commentaries

Book 1: Chapter III

Cole’s Voyage of Life—a series of engravings by Thomas Cole (1801–48) depicting rural New York landscapes. Copies of the engravings were inexpensive, and ownership of the engravings was considered middle-class.

Quirinal—the Palazzo del Quirinal, built as the Roman summer home of the popes, eventually housed offices of the Italian government.

mauvaise honte—a disingenous display of shame used defensively to protect the actor from chastisement rather than out of an honest sense of remorse.