I absolutely love this book, but it is really hard to compare to the absolute beauty and majesty of age of innocence. I felt like this book had the same punch, but because it is much longer, it did lose me a little bit in the middle. I think this is a stunning portrait of Class, Love, and what marriage ought to be. The gender politics in this book are just far beyond their time. I was surprised by how funny and lighthearted and silly many parts of this book were! It almost feels gossipy! In fact, it really is all gossip! But the end has a beautiful poetic quality to it, that I wish  Was the end of a tighter story.