The Age of Innocence (Alma Classics Evergreens): Annotated Edition (Alma Classics Evergreens) - Softcover

Edith Wharton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847497918 ISBN 13: 9781847497918

Publisher: Alma Classics, 2019

Synopsis

The intelligent and charming Newland Archer a member of one of New York s most prominent families is living the life that has always been expected of him: he is engaged to the beautiful and well-connected May Welland and understands the rarefied world of Fifth Avenue society inside out. However, with the arrival of May s cousin, the free-spirited and unconventional Countess Ellen Olenska, Newland begins to doubt all that once seemed so natural to him. An extraordinarily well-observed dissection of New York high society in the 1870s the world in which Edith Wharton grew up The Age of Innocence shines a critical light on the social mores and values of the old order.

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About the Author

Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was an American author best known for the novel The Age of Innocence, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1921, making her the first female winner of the award.

From the Back Cover

The intelligent and charming Newland Archer - a member of one of New York's most prominent families - is living the life that has always been expected of him: he is a successful lawyer engaged to the beautiful and well-connected May Welland. However, with the arrival of May's cousin, the free-spirited and unconventional Countess Ellen Olenska, doubts begin to grow in Newland's mind. As the bond between them grows, Newland comes increasingly to question all that had once seemed so simple. An extraordinarily well-observed dissection of New York's high society in the 1870s - the world Edith Wharton grew up in - The Age of Innocence shines a critical light on the social mores and values of the old order.

Edition details

• Publisher: Alma Classics
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847497918
• ISBN 13: 9781847497918
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384