L2L Roman Fever (ft. Carol Andrews)

“Roman Fever”

Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton lived at the pinnacle of American society in her time — and found it suffocating, purposeless, and uninteresting. She became an expatriate and a keen observer of American social habits and of Americans abroad. This week, Leigh and P. T. are again joined by Dr. Carol Andrews, associate professor emerita of literature, for an examination of Wharton’s short story “Roman Fever” and a comparison of it to her friend Henry James’ Daisy Miller. Is Wharton’s story a response to James’?