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Affluenza: Novels About the Miseries of Wealth

Forget religion, literature has always been the opiate of the masses. There are libraries full of books, many of them masterpieces, which instruct the reader that wealth and success are the worst fates to befall a human being. Rarely in any of these books do the poor, prosperous protagonist give away all of his earthly possessions and find joy in the simple life, but then we couldn't enjoy the schadenfreude, now, could we?
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How many have made you feel better about your own modest means?

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The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth
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The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
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The American
The American
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American Pastoral
American Pastoral
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Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
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The Awakening
The Awakening
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Babbitt
Babbitt
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The Bonfire of the Vanities
The Bonfire of the Vanities
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The Bostonians
The Bostonians
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Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited
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Buddenbrooks
Buddenbrooks
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The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye
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Crazy Rich Asians (Kevin Kwan)
Crazy Rich Asians (Kevin Kwan)
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Daisy Miller
Daisy Miller
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The Darlings
The Darlings
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Falconer
Falconer
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From the Terrace
From the Terrace
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
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The Good Soldier
The Good Soldier
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Goodbye Columbus
Goodbye Columbus
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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The Heiresses
The Heiresses
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Howards End
Howards End
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Less Than Zero
Less Than Zero
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The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
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Little Lord Fauntleroy
Little Lord Fauntleroy
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Main Street
Main Street
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Maurice
Maurice
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The Magnificent Ambersons
The Magnificent Ambersons
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A Man in Full (Tom Wolfe)
A Man in Full (Tom Wolfe)
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Martha Quest
Martha Quest
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Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer
Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer
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People Like Us
People Like Us
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Peyton Place (Grace Metalious)
Peyton Place (Grace Metalious)
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Princess Daisy
Princess Daisy
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The Privileges
The Privileges
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Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
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Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
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The Rise of Silas Lapham
The Rise of Silas Lapham
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