14-05-2014, 03:01 AM
ww.edithwharton.org/film/a-tragedy-with-a-happy-ending/
The first stage adaptation of Edith Wharton's bestselling novel The House of Mirth was not a success. In A Backward Glance when Wharton describes the reaction of William Dean Howells, who had come at her invitation to see the performance, she writes of "the lapidary phrase in which, as we left the theatre, he summed up the reason of the play's failure. Yeswhat the American public always wants is a tragedy with a happy ending.'"
The first stage adaptation of Edith Wharton's bestselling novel The House of Mirth was not a success. In A Backward Glance when Wharton describes the reaction of William Dean Howells, who had come at her invitation to see the performance, she writes of "the lapidary phrase in which, as we left the theatre, he summed up the reason of the play's failure. Yeswhat the American public always wants is a tragedy with a happy ending.'"