The House of Mirth (Book)
During their visit to Bellomont, Lily and Selden have a long philosophical conversation, during which they discuss the idea of “freedom,” and Selden proposes a kind of utopia that he calls “the republic of the spirit” (Book 1, Ch. 6). Are Selden’s and Lily’s ideas of freedom similar? (Are there significant differences?) How does this conversation reflect the larger concerns of the novel? In what ways does the idea of “freedom” get explored elsewhere in the narrative?
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