Marquand uses irony to convey his satire and point of view. In The Late George Apley the letters of the protagonist, undercut by the comments of the even more conservative editor, combine with the audience's knowledge of such events as the First World War and the stock market crash for dramatic irony. Apley himself is a naive narrator who is unaware of presenting himself as bumbling, insular, and, in the view of.....
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