Reviews for The Other Two

The average rating for The Other Two based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-07-11 00:00:00 Luis R Ramos The social and personal problems of a partner's multiple exes: the effect they had in the past, and the ongoing effect on your life together. It's very civilised, but turns almost to farce. The wife admits to being 35. ("Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years" Lady Bracknell in Wilde's Importance of Being Earnest (my review here). She has two previous husbands, both living, one of whom is the father of her daughter. The story juggles feminist and traditional themes, reflecting the social changes of the time (1904). The story arc is like a humorous interpretation of the 1969 Kübler-Ross model of the five stages of grief: * "New York divorce is in itself a diploma of virtue." Like one of Wilde's contrary quips. * "She was 'as easy as an old shoe' - a shoe that too many feet had worn." * "She reminded him of a juggler tossing knives; but the knives were blunt." * "Occupying a chair in his usual provisional way." More Wharton Stories I read this as one of twenty stories in The New York Stories of Edith Wharton , which I reviewed here. Reading them one after the other made me notice her favoured ingredients, from which she selected a unique combination for each story, and which led me to concoct a recipe for Write Your Own Wharton Short Story, which I posted here.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-06-19 00:00:00 Michael DiLalla In a world where divorce is so commonplace, it is interesting to read this tale of the third husband in a world where divorce is the exception rather than the rule.