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The Age of Innocence

By Edith Wharton
Series: Flame Tree Collectable Classics
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The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton is set in the upper-class society of 1870s New York City. The story follows Newland Archer, a young lawyer who is set to marry the beautiful but conventional May Welland. When May’s cousin, the unconventional Countess Ellen Olenska, returns to New York after a failed marriage, Newland is drawn into a complex struggle between his desires and societal expectations.
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You might enjoy this book if you're interested in exploring themes of societal expectations, love, and the constraints of the upper class in 1870s New York. It's a beautifully crafted narrative set in a bygone era that offers insight into the complexities of personal desire versus social obligation.

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The Age of Innocence

Little treasures, the FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library. Each stunning, gift edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern reader.

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A stunning new edition with deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers, and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern reader.

The Age of Innocence (winner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize) is a tale of desire and betrayal, set in the golden age of 1920s New York. It tells the story of Newland Archer, a rich lawyer from an aristocratic family, happily engaged to society beauty May Welland.

The complex social constructs of their lives are thrown into disarray, however, with the arrival of May's cousin, the Countess Ellen Olenska, into their gilded circle. Ellen, recently separated from her dissolute Polish count husband, is everything that May is not—carefree, unconventional, artistic—and Archer falls hopelessly in love with her.

Caught between his passion for Ellen and his duty to May, Archer has to make a decision between the women that will determine the rest of their lives.

The FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library. Hardback Deluxe edition, foiled and embossed, with gilded edges.

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The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton is praised for its rich and detailed depiction of New York society in the 1870s. Reviewers highlight the book's exploration of themes such as societal pressures and personal desires, with expertly drawn characters. The novel's elegant prose and its insightful critique of the constraints of the upper class have earned it a lasting place in American literature.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781839641770

Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 10 June 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Flame Tree Publishing

Edition: New edition

Contributors:

  • Contributions by Judith John

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 93.0mm

Height: 150.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 384

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Edith Wharton Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Romance Series: Flame Tree Collectable Classics

About the Author

Edith Wharton was an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper class New York aristocracy; to realistically portray the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. She was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1921 and was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1996.

Judith John (Glossary) is a writer and editor specializing in literature and history. She has worked as an editor on major educational projects, including English A: Literature for the Pearson International Baccalaureate series. Judith’s major research interests include Romantic and Gothic literature, and Renaissance drama.

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