“From “The Great Gatsby” to “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” novels about social climbing and high society never seem to go out of style. Edith Wharton’s “The House of Mirth” is a classic of this prolific category, and Susie Yang’s debut novel, “White Ivy,” so echoes Wharton’s best-known book that even the protagonist’s name, Ivy Lin, sounds like Lily Bart.”

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