The Age of Innocence (Dover Thrift Editions) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The Age of Innocence A novel of thwarted love set against the backdrop of New York City society of the 1870s.
Full description- Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
- Published: 21 January 1998
- Format: Paperback 240 pages
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- Categories: Contemporary Fiction | Classics
- ISBN 13: 9780486298030 ISBN 10: 0486298035
- Sales rank: 83,211
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Full description for The Age of Innocence
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."
