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Age of Innocence by Edith Warton (1997, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherDover Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-100486298035
ISBN-139780486298030
eBay Product ID (ePID)11677
Product Key Features
Book TitleAge of Innocence
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1997
TopicClassics, Family Life, Literary, Romance / General
FeaturesNew Edition
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorEdith Warton
Book SeriesDover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight5.9 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN97-023540
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
Grade FromNinth Grade
Dewey Decimal813/.52
Edition DescriptionNew Edition
SynopsisEdith Wharton (1862-1937) wrote carefully structured fiction that probed the psychological and social elements guiding the behavior of her characters. Her portrayals of upper-class New Yorkers were unrivaled. The Age of Innocence , for which Wharton won the Pulitzer Prize in 1920, is one of her most memorable novels. At the heart of the story are three people whose entangled lives are deeply affected by the tyrannical and rigid requirements of high society. Newland Archer, a restrained young attorney, is engaged to the lovely May Welland but falls in love with May's beautiful and unconventional cousin, Countess Ellen Olenska. Despite his fear of a dull marriage to May, Archer goes through with the ceremony -- persuaded by his own sense of honor, family, and societal pressures. He continues to see Ellen after the marriage, but his dreams of living a passionate life ultimately cease. The novel's lucid and penetrating prose style, vivid characterization, and its rendering of the social history of an era have long made it a favorite with readers and critics alike., 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., 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.
LC Classification NumberPS3545.H16
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