The Age Of Innocence - Softcover

Wharton, Ms Edith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1500149195 ISBN 13: 9781500149192

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 1920

Synopsis

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 fianceé, 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 1920
• ISBN 10: 1500149195
• ISBN 13: 9781500149192
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 196