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Genius is of small use to a woman who does not know how to do her hair.

Edith Wharton, The Touchstone. Want to know what Wharton really thought about her own beauty? Read this scathing and sarcastic Roman à clef about her lover Morton Fullerton. (via laphamsquarterly)

Also, this piece from Victoria Patterson in the LARB is great if you were wondering about Wharton’s friendships with men and women, her husband, or her feelings about her sex life.

(via millionsmillions)

(via millionsmillions)

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