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Lily goes to a weekend party at the grand mansion Bellomont.
Book 1, Chapter 1Lily is a big success as a tableau vivant; Selden tells her he loves her.
Book 1, Chapter 12Lily rejects Simon Rosedale's proposal; she finds out that Selden has left the country.
Book 1, Chapter 15Lily keeps George Dorset company in Europe while Bertha has an affair.
Book 2, Chapter 2Bertha accuses Lily of having an affair with George; Lily's reputation sinks.
Book 2, Chapter 3| Chapter | Summary |
|---|---|
| Book 1, Chapter 1 | Lawrence Selden, a young lawyer, watches Lily Bart at a train station. She sees him, too, and asks if she can spend time... Read More |
| Book 1, Chapter 2 | On the train Lily Bart spies Percy Gryce, a shy and boring but wealthy man whose main interest is collecting Americana, ... Read More |
| Book 1, Chapter 3 | At Bellomont everyone plays bridge for money. Lily Bart plays and loses. She knows she almost has Percy Gryce in her gra... Read More |
| Book 1, Chapter 4 | Because she is so dependent on her friends' kindness, and because she has so little money, Lily Bart, in order to attend... Read More |
| Book 1, Chapter 5 | Trying to please Percy Gryce, Lily Bart has said that she always goes to church. Gryce waits for her by the omnibus but ... Read More |
| Book 1, Chapter 6 | Lily Bart and Lawrence Selden go for a walk on a path across a meadow, by sugar maples, oak groves, and farm houses. The... Read More |
| Book 1, Chapter 7 | Judy Trenor is appalled that Lily Bart has not snared Percy Gryce—all of her friends stayed away from him and gave her t... Read More |
| Book 1, Chapter 8 | Lily Bart receives a thousand-dollar check from Trenor, pays off debts, and orders new things at the same time. Judy Tre... Read More |
| Book 1, Chapter 9 | When Lily Bart returns from the wedding, her Aunt Peniston is having her house cleaned. Lily is disgusted by her aunt's ... Read More |
| Book 1, Chapter 10 | Autumn is boring for Lily Bart because she is staying home with her aunt. She runs into Gerty Farish at a moment when sh... Read More |
| Book 1, Chapter 11 | People in Lily Bart's circle are feeling poor because most have lost more on Wall Street than they have gained; only Sim... Read More |
| Book 1, Chapter 12 | Lily Bart is befriending the Dorsets in hopes that she can "make use" of her enemy, Bertha Dorset. She spends time talki... Read More |
| Book 1, Chapter 13 | Lily Bart wakes up to find two notes at her bedtable, one from Judy Trenor, who asks her to dine with her, and one from ... Read More |
| Book 1, Chapter 14 | Gerty Farish is still feeling the pleasure of going to the Wellington Brys' house. She feels growing in her "a mild but ... Read More |
| Book 1, Chapter 15 | When Lily Bart wakes up, Gerty Farish has gone, performing the housekeeping functions Lily is accustomed to having maids... Read More |
| Book 2, Chapter 1 | The scene changes to Monte Carlo, where Lawrence Selden is feeling sick about the last few months of his life. He is at ... Read More |
| Book 2, Chapter 2 | Lily Bart wakes up on the Dorset's yacht and finds herself alone. She enjoys the beauty around her—"and how she loved be... Read More |
| Book 2, Chapter 3 | Lawrence Selden receives Lily Bart's telegram about George Dorset's problem and waits to meet him. After talking with Do... Read More |
| Book 2, Chapter 4 | Lily Bart goes to London with the Duchess. The Dorsets, Brys, and Stepneys go back to New York and tell everyone their o... Read More |
| Book 2, Chapter 5 | Lily Bart feels she is leaving her old life. Carry Fisher is kind to her and offers to take her to the Sam Gormers' for ... Read More |
| Book 2, Chapter 6 | At the Gormers, walking nearby, Lily Bart meets George Dorset. She does not want to be reminded of her experiences with ... Read More |
| Book 2, Chapter 7 | Lily Bart visits Carry Fisher and finds Mr. Rosedale there, playing with Carry's daughter. Lily realizes this meeting ha... Read More |
| Book 2, Chapter 8 | Lily Bart realizes there is less intimacy than before between herself and the Gormers and thinks this is "simply the pow... Read More |
| Book 2, Chapter 9 | Working as secretary to the socialite Mrs. Hatch is a strange experience for Lily Bart. Mrs. Hatch is a social climber a... Read More |
| Book 2, Chapter 10 | Lily Bart is working in a hat shop, where she is sewing spangles on a hat rim crookedly. Lily has left Mrs. Hatch becaus... Read More |
| Book 2, Chapter 11 | Lily Bart stands on Fifth Avenue watching the carriages go by; she sees her old friends in some of those carriages and h... Read More |
| Book 2, Chapter 12 | Lily Bart visits Lawrence Selden. She apologizes for her anger at their last meeting. She thanks him for what he has sai... Read More |
| Book 2, Chapter 13 | Lily Bart walks on, unaware of her surroundings. She is buoyant from the high of her conversation with Selden. But she b... Read More |
| Book 2, Chapter 14 | The next morning Lawrence Selden walks to Lily Bart's boardinghouse. There is something he needs to say to her, a word t... Read More |
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