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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 (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
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Edith Wharton
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
2
Edith Wharton
The American
The American
3
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
4
Philip Roth
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
5
Leo Tolstoy
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
6
Kate Chopin
Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
Babbitt
7
Sinclair Lewis
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
8
Tom Wolfe
The Bostonians
The Bostonians
9
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
10
Evelyn Waugh
Buddenbrooks
Buddenbrooks
11
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
12
J.D. Salinger
Crazy Rich Asians (Kevin Kwan)
Crazy Rich Asians
13
Kevin Kwan
Daisy Miller (Henry James)
Daisy Miller
14
Henry James
The Darlings
The Darlings
15
Falconer
Falconer
16
From the Terrace
From the Terrace
17
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
18
Stieg Larsson
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier
19
Ford Madox Ford
Goodbye Columbus
Goodbye Columbus
20
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
21
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Heiresses
The Heiresses
22
Howards End (E.M. Forster)
Howards End
23
E.M. Forster
Less Than Zero (Bret Easton Ellis)
Less Than Zero
24
Bret Easton Ellis
The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Line of Beauty
25
Alan Hollinghurst
Little Lord Fauntleroy (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
Little Lord Fauntleroy
26
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Main Street (Sinclair Lewis)
Main Street
27
Sinclair Lewis
Maurice (E.M. Forster)
Maurice
28
E.M. Forster
The Magnificent Ambersons (Booth Tarkington)
The Magnificent Ambersons
29
Booth Tarkington
A Man in Full (Tom Wolfe)
A Man in Full
30
Tom Wolfe
Martha Quest
Martha Quest
31
Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer
Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer
32
People Like Us
People Like Us
33
Peyton Place (Grace Metalious)
Peyton Place
34
Grace Metalious
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
35
Oscar Wilde
Princess Daisy
Princess Daisy
36
The Privileges
The Privileges
37
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
38
John Updike
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
39
Daphne Du Maurier
The Rise of Silas Lapham
The Rise of Silas Lapham
40
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