191 pages • first pub 1934 (editions) user-added
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Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Description
O’Hara did for fictional Gibbsville, Pennsylvania what Faulkner did for Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi: surveyed its social life and drew its psychic outlines, but he did it in utterly worldly terms, without Faulkner’s taste for mythic inferenc...
Community Reviews Summary of 509 reviews
Moods
sad 57%
reflective 50%
emotional 35%
tense 28%
funny 21%
challenging 14%
informative 7%
Pace
slow 13%
fast 13%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 78% | A mix: 21%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 58% | Yes: 25% | N/A: 8% | No: 8%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 46% | No: 46% | N/A: 7%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 90% | Yes: 9%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 92% | No: 7%Average rating
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Infidelity191 pages • first pub 1934 (editions) user-added
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Publication date: Not specified
Description
O’Hara did for fictional Gibbsville, Pennsylvania what Faulkner did for Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi: surveyed its social life and drew its psychic outlines, but he did it in utterly worldly terms, without Faulkner’s taste for mythic inferenc...
Community Reviews Summary of 509 reviews
Moods
sad 57%
reflective 50%
emotional 35%
tense 28%
funny 21%
challenging 14%
informative 7%
Pace
slow 13%
fast 13%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 78% | A mix: 21%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 58% | Yes: 25% | N/A: 8% | No: 8%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 46% | No: 46% | N/A: 7%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 90% | Yes: 9%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 92% | No: 7%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
SuicideMinor
Infidelity