Married people New York (State) New York Fiction.
Triangles (Interpersonal relationships) Fiction.
Man-woman relationships New York (N.Y.) Fiction.
Chang pian xiao shuo Mei guo Xian dai Ying yu Yu yan du wu.
Man-woman relationships New York (State)
New York (N.Y.) Social life and customs Fiction.
Marriage New York (State) New York Fiction.
Üst sınıflar New York (State) New York Roman.
An elegant portrait of desire and betrayal in Old New York. In the highest circle of New York social life during the 1870's, Newland Archer, a young lawyer, prepares to marry the docile May Welland. Before their engagement is announced, he meets May's cousin, the mysterious, nonconformist Countess Ellen Olenska, who has returned to New York after a long absence. Wharton contrasts the intensity of true passion against the complacency of a loveless but proper marriage, questioning the expected behavior of the upper social class.
A portrait of desire and betrayal in Old New York. In the highest circle of New York social life during the 1870's, Newland Archer, a young lawyer, prepares to marry the docile May Welland. Before their engagement is announced, he meets May's cousin, the mysterious, nonconformist Countess Ellen Olenska, who has returned to New York after a long absence.
Chun zhen nian dai = The age of innocense
An elegant portrait of desire and betrayal in Old New York. In the highest circle of New York social life during the 1870's, Newland Archer, a young lawyer, prepares to marry the docile May Welland. Before their engagement is announced, he meets May's cousin, the mysterious, nonconformist Countess Ellen Olenska, who has returned to New York after a long absence.
Viattomuuden aika
The age of innonce
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Grevinde Olenska. Overs. fra engelsk efter "The age of innocence" af Eva Kraiberg
A portrayal of New York society in the 1870's where money counted for less than manners and morals.
Age of innocence, the
Criticism, interpretation, etc
The age of innocence : with an introduction by Lionel Shriver
Set in the sumptuous Gold Age of New York society, dated social nrms prove a still powerful force against personal desire.
The age of innocence ; The house of mirth ; Ethan Frome
L' Età dell'innocenza
The age of innocence : authoritative text, background and contexts, sources, criticism
L'età dell'innocenza
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Fiction
Romance fiction
Chun zhen nian dai
This romance about three wealthy New Yorkers caught in a tragic love triangle chronicles the grandeur and hypocrisy of high society in the 1870's.
本书讲述的是贵族纽兰·阿彻与其未婚妻的表姐爱伦相爱，两人的感情终因上流社会道德的规范所不容而流于幻灭。小说展示了一幅上流社会全景图，其诙谐幽默的文笔更是对束缚人性的陈旧习俗进行了深刻的嘲讽和谴责.
Engaged to the docile May Welland, Newland Archer falls madly in love with the nonconformist Countess Olenska, an older woman with a reputation, but his allegiance to the social code of their set makes their love an impossibility.
Pulitzer-Prize-winning story of the manners and morals of New York society in the later 1800's, focusing on a handsome young lawyer who cannot decide between passion and propriety in his women.
Romance about three wealthy New Yorkers caught in tragic love triangle. Ironically-titled story chronicles grandeur and hypocrisy of high society in the 1870's.
Le temps de l'innocence : roman traduit de l'anglais
Domestic fiction
L'Edat de la innocència
Chun zhen nian dai = The age of innocence
Typefaces (Type evidence)
The Empire Theatre, Gilbert Miller presents Katharine Cornell in a new play "The Age of Innocence," a dramatization of Edith Wharton's novel of the same title by Margaret Ayer Barnes, staged by Guthrie McClintic.
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An elegant portrait of desire and betrayal in Old New York. In the highest circle of New York social life during the 1870's, Newland Archer, a young lawyer, prepares to marry the docile May Welland. Before their engagement is announced, he meets May's cousin, the mysterious, nonconformist Countess Ellen Olenska, who has returned to New York after a long absence--Novelist.
A portrayal of New York society in the 1870s where money was important but counted less than manners and morals.
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The age of innocence:with an introductory Note by Francis Wyndham
Age of innocence
L'età dell'innocenza : romanzo
La edad de la inocencia
The Age of Innocence, one of Edith Wharton's most renowned novels and the first by a woman to win the Pulitzer Prize, exquisitely details the struggle between love and responsibility through the experiences of men and women in Gilded Age New York.
Ėpokha nevinnosti ; Itan From : roman, povestʹ
Set in the insular upper-class society of New York City in the 187o's, this book tells the story of Newland Archer, a young lawyer who plans to marry the beautiful debutante May Welland. On the eve of their engagement, he meets May's cousin, Countess Ellen Olenska, who has fled Europe and an unhappy marriage. Ellen's charm and worldliness stir in Archer a longing for life beyond his restrictive upper-class ecistence. He cannot think of leaving May, yet he continues to pursue Ellen.
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 charming Newland Archer is content to live within its constraints until he meets Ellen Olenska, whose arrival threatens his impending marriage as well as his comfortable future.
"New York City in the 1920s was a place of tight social stratification with rituals for everything from romance to etiquette in the opera. The young attorney Newland Archer was engaged to lovely, socially acceptable May Welland. He faced the power of family and social mores when he became attracted to May's bohemian cousin, Ellen." Shapiro. Fic for Youth, 3d ed.
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Age of Innocence, The. Oxford World's Classics
Uskyldens år
De liefde tussen een jonge, gescheiden vrouw en de man van haar nicht, spelend tegen de achtergrond van de New Yorkse society aan het einde van de vorige eeuw.
Love stories, American
Chun zhen nian dai : Shi jie wen xue ming zhu zhi mian jing zhuang he
Newland Archer saw little to envy in the marriages of his friends, yet he prided himself that in May Welland he had found the companion of his needs--tender and impressionable, with equal purity of mind and manners. The engagement was announced discreetly, but all of New York society was soon privy to this most perfect match, a union of families and circumstances cemented by affection. Enter Countess Olenska, a woman of quick wit sharpened by experience, not afraid to flout convention and determined to find freedom in divorce. Against his judgment, Newland is drawn to the socially ostracized Ellen Olenska, who opens his eyes and has the power to make him feel. He knows that in sweet-tempered May, he can expect stability and the steadying comfort of duty. But what new worlds could he discover with Ellen? Written with elegance and wry precision, Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece is a tragic love story and a powerful homily about the perils of a perfect marriage.
Electronic books
The age of innocence; introduction by Michael Millgate
Amerikanische Romanze : Roman. (Deutsch v. Richard Kraushaar)
Newland Archer begins to question the values of high society in Victorian New York when he finds himself torn between two very different women--his proper young fiancee and her exotic cousin.
L'età dell' innocenza : romanzo
Newland Archer forsakes his love for Ellen Olenska to conform with the expectations of the Old New York upper class.
The Age of innocence. With an introd. note by Francis Wyndham
Newland Archer, a young lawyer in upper-crust 1870's New York, becomes a victim of social expectations and restrictions when he becomes infatuated with his docile fiancee's nonconformist cousin, Countess Ellen Olenska.
Wiek niewinności
The age of innocence = Chun zhen nian dai
Ben shu zuo zhe cong zi ji qin shen jing li yu shu xi de huan jing zhong ti lian su cai, su zao ren wu, jiang zuo pin ti cai gen zhi yu shen hou de xian shi tu rang zhi zhong. you qi tong guo bo fu te ming yun fu chen zhe yi xian suo yu zhu ren gong ai qing bei ju de zhu xian xiang hu ying chen, shi yi ge kan si xun chang de ai qing gu shi ju bei le shen ke de she hui xian shi yi yi.
The age of innocenc
A guide to reading and understand Edith Wharton's "The Age of Innocence" that includes an annotated edition of the novel, plus critical essays examining the novel's themes, structure, literary significance, and characters.
In the highest circle of New York social life during the 1870s, Newland Archer, a young lawyer, prepares to marry the docile May Welland. Before their engagement is announced, he meets May's cousin, the mysterious, nonconformist Countess Ellen Olenska, who has returned to New York after a long absence. Archer's world is always changing.
Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
The age of innocence
A ravishing romance about three wealthy New Yorkers caught in a tragic love triangle, the ironically-titled story chronicles the grandeur and hypocrisy of high society in the 1870's.
Authors' inscriptions (Provenance)
Powieść amerykańska
The Age of innocence
Reprint of 1920 ed. Pulitzer Prize 1921.
Classic novel
The age of innocence : authoritative text, contexts, criticism
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The Age Of Innocence : by Edith Wharton
A woman who has incurred scandal is loved by a man lacking the courage to break with the conventions of New York society in the 1870's.
Historical fiction
'The Age of Innocence' is a love story, and a minute dissection of old New York society in the 1870s. Newland Archer, Wharton's protagonist, is a thorough product of this society; he accepts his standards and abides by its rules, but he also recognizes its limitations.
The age of innocence authoritative text, background and contexts, sources, criticism
The age of innocence : With an introduetory note by Francis Wyndham
L'edat de la innocència
Study guides
Story of the manners and morals of New York society in the late 1800's in which three wealthy New Yorkers are caught in a tragic love triangle.
The Age of Innocence
The age of innocence : authoritative text background and contexts sources criticism
The Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece of unfulfilled romance set against the backdrop of old New York. THIS ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES ? A concise introduction that gives the reader important background information ? A chronology of the author's life and work ? A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context ? An outline of key themes and plot points to guide the reader's own interpretations ? Detailed explanatory notes ? Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work ? Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction ? A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience.
The age of innocence : [complete and unabridged]
The Age of Innocence is the haunting story of the struggle between love and duty in Gilded Age New York told through the eyes of Newland Archer and his betrothed, May Welland. A young lawyer on the rise, Newland Archer needs only a society wife to solidify his position, but finds himself torn after he meets and falls deeply in love with May's disgraced cousin, the Countess Olenska. Edith Wharton's twelfth novel, following classics like The House of Mirth and Ethan Frome, The Age of Innocence was the first novel written by a woman to win the Pulitzer Prize. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.
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Newland Archer is a young lawyer, a member of New York' s high society, and engaged to be married to May Welland. Countess Ellen Olenska is May' s cousin, and wants a divorce from the Polish nobleman she married. Intelligent and beautiful, she comes back to New York where she tries to fit into the high society life she had before her marriage. Her family and former friends, however, are shocked by the idea of divorce within their social circle, and she finds herself snubbed by her own class. Ellen and Newland fall in love and must choose between passion and conventions.
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 a safe 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.
Society scion Newland Archer is engaged to May Welland, but his well-ordered life is upset when he meets May's unconventional cousin, the Countess Olenska. At first, Newland becomes a defender of the Countess, whose separation from her abusive husband makes her a social outcast in the restrictive high society of late-19th Century New York, but he finds in her a companion spirit and they fall in love.--Marg Baskin.
This satiric yet nostalgic look at Old New York provides the setting for Newland Archer's impossible captivation with Countess Olenska. As Newland's love for her grows, he gains insight into society's brutal treatment of those who love outside its rules.
Ta chronia tēs athōotētas : mythistorēma
Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
Newland Archer saw little to envy in the marriages of his friends, yet he prided himself that in May Welland he had found the companion of his needs--tender and impressionable, with equal purity of mind and manners. The engagement was announced discreetly, but all of New York society was soon privy to this most perfect match, a union of families and circumstances cemented by affection. Enter Countess Olenska, a woman of quick wit sharpened by experience, not afraid to flout convention and determined to find freedom in divorce. Against his judgment, Newland is drawn to the socially ostracized Ellen Olenska, who opens his eyes and has the power to make him feel. He knows that in sweet-tempered May, he can expect stability and the steadying comfort of duty. But what new worlds could he discover with Ellen?
Into the world of propriety which composed the rigid code of old New York society returns the Countess Olenska, separated from her European husband and bearing with her an independence and impulsive awareness of life.
Countess Olenska, having suffered the collapse of her marriage in Europe, arrives in New York. Newland Archer anticipates marriage to May Welland, the countess's cousin, but eventually falls in love with the countess. He discovers the real anguish of loving outside of society's rules.
Tegen de achtergrond van de New Yorkse society aan het einde van de 19e eeuw wordt een jonge, gescheiden vrouw verliefd op de man van haar nicht.
A portrayal of New York society in the 1870's where money was important but counted less than manners and morals.
In the narrow, elitist world of upper-class New York, Newland Archer awaits his marriage to May Welland, a young girl 'who knew nothing and expected everything'. Into this potentially delicate situation bursts the mysterious and exotic Countess Olenska - on the run from an appallingly unhappy marriage. As she alternatively captivates and outrages New York society, Newland gradually finds his sympathy for the Countess turning into something far more dangerous. As he does so, he not only gains an insight into society's treatment of those who don't conform but also the anguish of loving outside the rules.
Brilliantly captures the changing scene of fashionable American society, contrasting the manners of the New World with those of Europe. Tells of the thwarted love between Newland Archer and the beautiful Countess Ellen Olenska in Old New York.
First appeared in The Pictorial Review in 1920.
Romantic suspense fiction
Penguin modern classics
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
The age of innocence. With an introductory note by Francis Wyndham
The age of innocence : authoritative text, background and contexts, criticism
Ben shu jiang shu de shi gui zu niu lan, a che yu qi wei hun qi de biao jie ai lun xiang ai, liang ren de gan qing zhong yin shang liu she hui dao de de gui fan suo bu rong er liu yu huan mie. xiao shuo zhan shi le yi fu shang liu she hui quan jing tu, qi hui xie you mo de wen bi geng shi dui shu fu ren xing de chen jiu xi su jin xing le shen ke de chao feng he qian ze.
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Wealthy New Yorkers in the 1870s have difficulties breaking free from social codes they hate.
In her 1920 Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton depicts with humor, wisdom and elegance the restrictions of life in the highest echelons of Old New York society. When the lovely and enigmatic Countess Olenska enters the social scene, Newland Archer's world is changed forever. Newland is forced to choose between his feelings for the Countess and her cousin, his docile fiancé, May Welland.
Widely regarded as one of Wharton's greatest achievements it is a satirical and sometimes dark and disturbing comedy of manners which explores the 'eternal triangle' of love against the backdrop of upper-class New York society during the 1870s. The author's combination of powerful prose with a thoroughly researched and meticulous evocation of the manners and style of the period has delighted readers since the novel's first publication in 1920. It won the Pulitzer Prize in 1921 - the first time it has been won by a woman author.
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Grevinde Olenska
Эпоха невинности ; Итан Фром : роман, повесть
History
"As the scion of one of New York's leading families, Newland Archer has been born into a life of sumptuous privilege and strict duty. Sensitive and intelligent, he respects the rigid social codes of his class, and is thankful that his forthcoming marriage to May Welland is to 'one of his own kind'. But the arrival of the Countess Olenska, a free spirit who breathes clouds of European sophistication, makes him question the path on which his upbringing has set him. As his fascination with her grows he discovers how difficult it is to escape the bounds of the society that has shaped him. Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is at once a poignant story of frustrated love and an extraordinarily vivid, delightfully satirical portrait of a vanished world."--Publisher's website.
The Age of Innocence won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize. The story is set in upper class New York City in the 1870s. The Age of Innocence centers on an upper class couple's impending marriage, and the introduction of a woman plagued by scandal whose presence threatens their happiness. Though the novel questions the assumptions and morals of 1870's New York society, it never devolves into an outright condemnation. In fact, Wharton considered this novel an apology for her earlier, more brutal and critical novel, The House of Mirth.
In a society where people?dreaded scandal more than disease," passion was a force of ruin. Winner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize, Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence is set amidst the pre-World War I?Golden Age" of upper-class society in New York, and is framed by society's strict moral code. When soon-to-be-wed Newland Archer finds himself enraptured by his bride-to-be's code-flouting cousin, he faces a turbulent battle between passion and social value. One of the great masterpieces in American literature, The Age of Innocence is now available as part of the Word Cloud Class.
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 charming Newland Archer is content to live within its constraints until he meets Ellen Olenska, whose arrival threatens his impending marriage as well as his comfortable future. - ;'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.
'The Age of Innocence' is a love story, and a minute dissection of old New York society in the 1870s. Newland Archer, Wharton's protagonist, is a thorough product of this society; he accepts its standards and abides by its rules, but he also recognizes its limitations.
he Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of desire and duty in Gilded Age New YorkA respected lawyer and scion of one of Manhattan's most important families, Newland Archer knows what people expect of him and is eager to comply. The first step on the path to happiness is to wed May Welland, a beautiful young woman of fine social standing. But the arrival of the worldly and exotic Countess Olenska, May's cousin, changes everything. Ellen Olenska's scandalous intention to divorce her husband, a Polish nobleman, is so far outside the realm of Newland's experience that he cannot help but be fascinated by her, and by the independence she represents. As he draws closer to the irresistible countess, he risks breaking May's heart and destroying his life of privilege forever. Winner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, marking the very first time a woman was so honored, and the basis for several film and stage adaptations, including the 1993 Academy Award-winning motion picture directed by Martin Scorsese, The Age of Innocence is one of the best-loved American novels of the twentieth century. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.
Domestic fiction, American
The Age of Innocence is an intimate portrayal of East Coast American society in the 19th century--and the human lives that came into conflict with it. Newland Archer is heir to one of New York City's first families, and his bride-to-be is everything he ever hoped. Then his fiancee's older cousin leaves her European husband and appears in New York, where she refuses to conform to society and her family's wishes. Archer is at first angered and then intrigued by her. Their passionate relationship challenges everything he believes and ultimately suffers at the hands of society and family obligation.
Viattomuuden aika : romaani
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Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. Winner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize, The Age of Innocence is Edith Wharton's masterful portrait of desire and betrayal during the sumptuous Golden Age of Old New York, a time when society people “dreaded scandal more than disease. This is Newland Archer's world as he prepares to marry the beautiful but conventional May Welland. But when the mysterious Countess Ellen Olenska returns to New York after a disastrous marriage, Archer falls deeply in love with her. Torn between duty and passion, Archer struggles to make a decision that will either courageously define his life—or mercilessly destroy it. Maureen Howard is a critic, teacher, and writer of fiction. Her seven novels include Bridgeport Bus, Natural History, and A Lover's Almanac. Her memoir, Facts of Life, won the National Book Critics' Circle Award. She has taught at Yale and Columbia University.
Winner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize, The Age of Innocence is Edith Wharton's masterful portrait of desire and betrayal during the sumptuous Golden Age of Old New York, a time when society people "dreaded scandal more than disease." This is Newland Archer's world as he prepares to marry the beautiful but conventional May Welland. But when the mysterious Countess Ellen Olenska returns to New York after a disastrous marriage, Archer falls deeply in love with her. Torn between duty and passion, Archer struggles to make a decision that will either courageously define his life--or mercilessly destroy it.
The age of innocence : a novel
Large type books
Age of Innocence
Welcome to the Golden Age of 1870s New York, where the upper crust fits into the mold or is ostracized for nonconformity. In spite of his intentions to marry the socially suitable May, Weland Archer wishes to be unconventional. He meets and befriends May's cousin, the exotic Countess Olenska, who has fled a cheating husband and is socially bereft. Evenutally, friendship turns to love between Olenska and Weland, despite his marriage to May.
One of Edith Wharton?s most famous novels?the first by a woman to win the Pulitzer Prize?exquisitely details a tragic struggle between love and responsibility in Gilded Age New York.?Newland Archer, an aristocratic young lawyer, is engaged to the cloistered, beautiful May Welland. But when May?s cousin Ellen arrives from Europe, fleeing her failed marriage to a Polish count, her worldly and independent nature intrigues and unsettles Archer. Trapped by his passionless relationship with May and the social conventions that forbid a relationship with the disgraced Ellen, Archer is torn between possibility and duty. Wharton?s profound understanding of her characters? lives makes the triangle of Archer, May, and Ellen both urgent and poignant. An incisive look at the ways desire and emotion must negotiate the complex rules of society, The Age of Innocence is one of Wharton?s most moving works.
Engaged to marry docile May Welland, Newland Archer falls madly in love with the nonconformist Countess Olenska, an older woman with a reputation, but his allegiance to the social code of their set makes their love an impossibility.
Brilliant portrayal of New York society in the 1870s where money counted for less than manners and morals.
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This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. ***************. The Age of Innocence (1920) is a novel by Edith Wharton, which won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize. The story is set in upper class New York City in the 1870s. In 1920, The Age of Innocence was published twice; first in four parts, July - October, in the Pictorial Review magazine, and then by D. Appleton and Company as a book in New York and in London. -- Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
A portrayal of New York society in the 1870s where money counted for less than manners and morals.
Engaged to marry socialite May Welland, Newland Archer meets Countess Ellen Olenska, a woman unbound by convention and surrounded by scandal, and is forced to decide between happiness and the social code that has ruled his life.
Winner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize, The Age of Innocence is Edith Wharton's portrait of desire and betrayal in Old New York.
Madame Olenska shakes up staid New York society and causes Newland Archer to make a choice o how he will spend his life.
Newland Archer, an aristocratic young lawyer, is engaged to the cloistered, beautiful May Welland. But when May's cousin Ellen arrives from Europe, fleeing her failed marriage to a Polish count, her worldly and independent nature intrigues and unsettles Archer. Trapped by his passionless relationship with May and the social conventions that forbid a relationship with the disgraced Ellen, Archer is torn between possibility and duty.
-- From the Trade Paperback edition.
In reality they all lived in a kind of hieroglyphic world, where the real thing was never said or done or even.
Psychological fiction
Authors' inscriptions
Deeply moving study of the tyrannical and rigid requirements of New York high society in the late 19th century and the effect of those strictures on the lives of three people. Vividly characterized drama of affection thwarted by a man's sense of honor, family, and societal pressures. A long-time favorite with readers and critics alike.
The Age of Innocence is an intimate portrayal of East Coast American society in the 19th century--and the human lives that came into conflict with it. Newland Archer is heir to one of New York City's first families, and his bride-to-be is everything he ever hoped. Then his fiancee's older cousin leaves her European husband and appears in New York, where she refuses to conform to society and her family's wishes. Archer is at first angered and then intrigued by her ...
Love stories
When the Countess Ellen Olenska returns from Europe, fleeing her brutish husband, her rebellious independence and passionate awareness of life stir the educated sensitivity of Newland Archer, already engaged to be married to her cousin May Welland, "that terrifying product of the social system he belonged to and believed in, the young girl who knew nothing and expected everything." As the consequent drama unfolds, Edith Wharton's sharp ironic wit and Jamesian mastery of form create a disturbingly accurate picture of men and women caught in a society that denies humanity while desperately defending "civilization."
Upper class New York (State) New York Fiction.
Man-woman relationships New York (State) New York Fiction.
Nueva York (N.Y.) Vida social costumbres Novela.
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Personnes s?par?es Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Love stories, American Translations into Chinese.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) Fiction.
University of Virginia. Library. Electronic Text Center.
Old New York Society Fiction 1870-early 1900s.
Triángulos (Relaciones interpersonales) Novela.
Man-woman relationships New York (State) Fiction.
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New York (State) - Civilization - Fiction.
American fiction Translations into Chinese.
Married people Fiction New York (State) New York.
Society mores United States aristocrats.
Man-woman relationship New York (State) New York Fiction.
Man-woman relationships Fiction New York (State) New York.
Triangle (Relations humaines) Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Marriages New York (State) New York Fiction.
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