Paperback. Pub the Date: July. 2004 Pages: 464 in Publisher by: Dalkey Archive Press of The dilettantes who a frequent Lady Tantamount's society parties are determined to push forward the moral frontiers of the age. Marjorie has left her family to live with Walter; Walter is in. love with the luscious but cold-hearted Lucy who devours every man in sight; the repulsive Spandrell deflowers young girls for the sake of entertainment and all the while everyone is engaged in dazzling and witty conversation. (20031017)