| The Age Of Innocence Contributor(s): Wharton, Edith (Author) |
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ISBN: 1500149195 ISBN-13: 9781500149192 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $16.38 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1920 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Romance - Historical - Victorian - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 1170 |
| Physical Information: 0.42" H x 6" W x 9" (0.59 lbs) 196 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Newland Archer couldn't be more pleased with his recent engagement to the beautiful debutante May Welland. However, his world is thrown upside down by the sensational arrival of May's cousin, Countess Ellen Olenska. Recently returned to America after separating from her husband, a philandering Polish count, Countess Olenska shocks the staid New York aristocracy with her revealing clothes, carefree manners, and rumors of adultery. Because the Countess's family, headed by the powerful Mrs. Manson Mingott, have chosen to reintroduce her into good society, Archer and May feel it necessary to befriend her. As Archer comes to better know the Countess, he begins to appreciate her unconventional views on New York society. Meanwhile, Archer becomes increasingly disillusioned with his new fiance , May. He begins to see her as the manufactured product of her class: polite, innocent, and utterly devoid of personal opinion and sense of self. |