The age of innocence - Edith Wharton

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Title
The age of innocence
Author
Edith Wharton
format
Paperback / softback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
English
UK Publication Date
20060209

'They lived in a kind of hieroglyphic world, where the real thing was never said or done or even thought, but only represented by a set of arbitrary signs.'Edith Wharton's most famous novel, written immediately after the end of the First World War, is a brilliantly realized anatomy of New York society in the 1870s, the world in which she grew up, and from which she spent her life escaping. Newland Archer, Wharton's protagonist, charming, tactful, enlightened, is a thorough product of this society; he accepts its standards and abides by its rules but he also recognizes its limitations. His engagement to the impeccable May Welland assures him of asafe and conventional future, until the arrival of May's cousin Ellen Olenska puts all his plans in jeopardy. Independent, free-thinking, scandalously separated from her husband, Ellen forces Archer to question the values and assumptions of his narrow world. As their love for each other grows,Archer has to decide where his ultimate loyalty lies.

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Type
BOOK
Keyword Index
Upper class - New York (State) - New York - Fiction.|Marriage - Fiction.|New York (N.Y.) - Social life and customs - 19th century - Fiction.
Country of Publication
England
Number of Pages
265

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