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.
| 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 |
