The Age of Innocence
About this book
Edith Wharton's most famous novel, written immediately after the end of the First World War, is a brilliantly realized anatomy of New York society in the 1870s, the world in which she grew up, and from which she spent her life escaping. Newland Archer, Wharton's protagonist, charming, tactful, enlightened, is a thorough product of this society; he accepts its standards and abides by its rules but he also recognizes its limitations. His engagement to the impeccable May Welland assures him of a safe and conventional future, until the arrival of May's cousin Ellen Olenska puts all his plans in jeopardy. Independent, free-thinking, scandalously separated from her husband, Ellen forces Archer to question the values and assumptions of his narrow world. As their love for each other grows, Archer has to decide where his ultimate loyalty lies. - Back cover.
Subjects
- age
- american fiction
- american fiction (fictional works by one author)
- american literature
- archer
- award:pulitzer_prize=1921
- award:pulitzer_prize=fiction
- chang pian xiao shuo
- civilization
- classes supérieures
- classic literature
- couples mariés
- der
- drama
- fiction
- fiction, family life
- fiction, family life, general
- fiction, general
- film novelizations
- historical fiction
- innocence
- large type books
- literature
- love stories
- madame
- manners and customs
- man-woman relationships, fiction
- marriage
- married people
- married people, fiction
- movie novels
- new york (n.y.)
- new york (n.y.), fiction
- nobility
- olenska
- open_syllabus_project
- pulitzer prize winner
- romance
- romance fiction
- romans, nouvelles
- separated people
- separated women
- socialites
- social life and customs
- social norms
- triangle (relations humaines)
- triangles (interpersonal relations)
- upper class
- upper classes
- women