There has been chapter by chapter analysis of the novel to find the key differences between Mainwaring's and Wharton's writings. Lee Sigelman has written on the question of " Did Mainwaring do what Wharton would have done herself?". After following her writing patterns of Wharton's other works such as "Ethan Frome", "The House of Mirth", and "The Age of Innocence" he concluded it was easy to see where Edith Wharton's version ended and where Marion Mainwaring's began due to Edith Wharton's methodical writing style and patterns.