"Human life is sacred," he said sententiously."Ah, that must have been decreed by someone who had never suffered!" Justine exclaimed. The Fruit of the Tree is a departure from most Edith Wharton novels that deal with the superficiality and hypocrisy of the lives of the upper class. While that plays a role here, the novel …

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