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The Age Of Innocence (Virago Modern Classics) - Softcover

Wharton, Edith

 
9780860680697: The Age Of Innocence (Virago Modern Classics)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 086068069X ISBN 13: 9780860680697
Verlag: Virago Press Ltd, 1992

Inhaltsangabe

Set in turn-of-the-century New York, Edith Wharton's classic novel The Age of Innocence reveals a society governed by the dictates of taste and form, manners and morals, and intricate social ceremonies. Newland Archer, soon to marry the lovely May Welland, is a man torn between his respect for tradition and family and his attraction to May's strongly independent cousin, the Countess Ellen Olenska. Plagued by the desire to live in a world where two people can love each other free from condemnation and judgment by the group, Newland views the artful delicacy of the world he lives in as a comforting security one moment, and at another, as an oppressive fiction masking true human nature. The Age of Innocence is at once a richly drawn portrait of the elegant lifestyles, luxurious brownstones, and fascinating culture of bygone New York society and a compelling look at the conflict between human passions and the social tribe that tries to control them.

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Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was born into a prosperous New York family in 1862. She wrote over fifteen novels, was distinguished for her work in the First World War and was the first woman to receive a Doctorate of Letters from Yale University. She died in France at the age of 75.

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Verlag
Virago Press Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
1992
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
086068069X
ISBN 13 
9780860680697
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
304
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