Those Harper Women (2016)

Authors: Birmingham, Stephen;

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“It was for men’s suits made out of one of those synthetic fibers, and it showed a young man sitting with his legs crossed at the knees, looking pressed and debonair. The world, the picture seemed to state, was this young man’s oyster. A proper length of shirt cuff protruded from the sleeves of his jacket, his top jacket-button was buttoned, his lapels were narrow, and a white handkerchief, folded square, flourished discreetly in his breast pocket. He wore a waistcoat, and a supercilious express...ion was in his eyes. He held a pipe. Though this last detail could not possibly have been there (it would have been a French cigarette), everything else about the expression and appearance of that young man suggested, to Edith, Harold at sixteen years old. At sixteen, he was already a regular little tufthunter. His conversation was sprinkled with references to titled people. He had become dandyish in his dress and, because he had begun to hear people speak of him as handsome, he was very vain.MoreLess Read More Read Less