The Age of Innocence

Name: The Age of Innocence
SKU: 9780140189704
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Cynthia Wolff, Edith Wharton, Laura Quinn

Author: Cynthia Wolff, Edith Wharton, Laura Quinn

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The return of the beautiful Countess Olenska into the rigidly conventional society of New York sends reverberations throughout the upper reaches of society. Newland Archer, an eligible young man of the establishment is about to announce his engagement to May Welland, a pretty ingénue, when May’s cousin, Countess Olenska, is introduced into their circle. The Countess brings with her an aura of European sophistication and a hint of scandal, having left her husband and claimed her independence. Her sorrowful eyes, her tragic worldliness and her air of unapproachability attract the sensitive Newland and, almost against their will, a passionate bond develops between them. But Archer’s life has no place for passion and, with society on the side of May and all she stands for, he finds himself drawn into a bitter conflict between love and duty.

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Weight	0.247 kg
Dimensions	1.6 × 13 × 19.5 cm
by	Cynthia Wolff, Edith Wharton, Laura Quinn
Format	Paperback
Language	English
Pages	368
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year Published	1996-5-30
Imprint	Penguin Classics
Publication City/Country	London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10	014018970X
About The Author	Edith Wharton was born Edith Newbold Jones on January 24, 1862, during the American Civil War. Wharton published her first short story in 1891; her first story collection, The Greater Inclination, in 1899; a novella called The Touchstone in 1900; and her first novel, a historical romance called The Valley of Decision, in 1902. The book that made Wharton famous was The House of Mirth, published in 1905. She died in 1937.