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Description
The intelligent and charming Newland Archer – a member of one of New York's most prominent families – is living the life that has always been expected of him: he is engaged to the beautiful and well-connected May Welland and understands the rarefied world of Fifth Avenue society inside out. However, with the arrival of May's cousin, the free-spirited and unconventional Countess Ellen Olenska, Newland begins to doubt all that once seemed so natural to him.An extraordinarily well-observed dissection of New York high society in the 1870s – the world in which Edith Wharton grew up – The Age of Innocence shines a critical light on the social mores and values of the old order.
Product details
Published | 21 May 2019 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 320 |
ISBN | 9781847497918 |
Imprint | Alma Classics |
Dimensions | 0 x 0 mm |
Series | Evergreens |
Publisher | Alma Books |
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Reviews
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There is no woman in American literature as fascinating as… Madame Olenska.
Gore Vidal