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AP English Literatur

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Passage from "The House of Mirth" by Edith Wharton

Passage: Lily Bart was born to be a beauty; but there was a quality of vividness about her beauty that made it hard to believe in its permanence. It was, as it were, the out - come of all her personali - ties; the glory of her long - spaced eyes, of her dimpled mouth, of her pale gold hair, seemed an emanation from her general fineness of tissue and tone.

The character of Lily Bart as presented in this passage is best described as:

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A plain - looking woman with no special qualities.

A woman who is vain and overly proud of her looks.

A beautiful but somewhat ephemeral and complex woman.

A woman whose beauty is her only redeeming quality.

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