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Originally Posted by treadlightly
...I thought the main character Newland Archer was a melodramatic spoiled rich brat. He had everything going for him but he couldn’t get his head out of the clouds. He wasn’t in love with the Countess Olenska, he was in love with the idea of a romantic fantasy....
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That's my impression as well, especially as each time they met, he hardly recognized her. He had built up a completely fictitious picture in his mind of her appearance. Nor was she as unconventional and free from the restraints of society as he believed her to be. Her main claim to fame in that area was that she refused to let herself be tied forever to a marriage that was most unhappy for reasons that were never made entirely clear.