The Age of Innocence

Author: Edith Wharton
Publisher: Vintage Books
Category: Contemporary Fiction, Classic Books & Novels
Book Format: Paperback

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.

About Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was born into high society in New York City. After divorcing her husband in 1913 she took up permanent residence in France. Her many stories and novels were critical successes as well as bestsellers and she won the Pulitzer Prize for The Age of Innocence in 1921.

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SKU BK-9780307949516
Barcode # 9780307949516
Brand Vintage Books
Artist / Author Edith Wharton
Shipping Weight 0.2000kg
Shipping Width 0.130m
Shipping Height 0.020m
Shipping Length 0.200m
Assembled Length 20.400m
Assembled Height 2.100m
Assembled Width 13.200m
Type Paperback

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