Oh Lily, not the chloral. . .
This is brilliant: Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth as a poorly-played Choose Your Own Adventure by Nicole Cliffe
Gillian Anderson as Lily Bart and Eric Stoltz as Lawrence Selden in Terence Davies’ film adaptation of The House of Mirth.
Premise: You are an attractive, well-bred young woman in your late twenties; genteel, if shabby. You have poor impulse control, no real money, and a reasonably well-off aunt who generally bails you out of scrapes.
1. On your way to a week-long house party in Rhinebeck, you miss your train. On the platform, you encounter your true love, Lawrence Selden. He invites you to take tea with him in his rooming house while you wait. You…
A) Insist that he preserve your reputation by taking you to a public tea-room instead.
B) Rebuff him and remain on the platform.
C) Accompany him to his apartment unchaperoned, insult the dinginess of his surroundings, and inform him that his legal salary disqualifies him as a husband.
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