The Age of Innocence

«The Age of Innocence» — is a story of a love triangle and at the same time a broad depiction of New York's high society at the end of the 1870s.
Newland Archer — an ambitious and respectable lawyer, leads an... ordinary life, is about to marry the beautiful May Welland, but deep down he desires passion amidst his routine days.
But then, from Europe to New York returns May's cousin, Countess Ellen Olenska, after a public scandal with her husband.
Ellen Olenska is very beautiful, her entire persona is shrouded in mystery, and for the conservative New York society, her behavior and views are unacceptable.
Newland is captivated by Ellen, he falls in love with her...
Edith Wharton — the author of more than twenty novels and ten collections of stories, the first woman writer to receive the Pulitzer Prize in 1921. Works by Wharton such as «The House of Mirth», «Ethan Frome», «The Age of Innocence», «The Fruit of the Tree», have entered the «golden fund» of American literature.
The novel «The Age of Innocence» served as the basis for the film of the same name by Martin Scorsese, which received acclaim and popularity.

Author: Эдит Уортон

Printhouse: Eksmo

Series: Mainline. The Main Trend

Age restrictions: 16+

Year of publication: 2022

ISBN: 9785041730840

Number of pages: 384

Size: 200x125x23 mm

Cover type: soft

Weight: 380 g

ID: 1242898

«The Age of Innocence» — is a story of a love triangle and at the same time a broad depiction of New York's high society at the end of the 1870s.

Newland Archer — an ambitious and respectable lawyer, leads an ordinary life, is about to marry the beautiful May Welland, but deep down he desires passion amidst his routine days.

But then, from Europe to New York returns May's cousin, Countess Ellen Olenska, after a public scandal with her husband.

Ellen Olenska is very beautiful, her entire persona is shrouded in mystery, and for the conservative New York society, her behavior and views are unacceptable.

Newland is captivated by Ellen, he falls in love with her...

Edith Wharton — the author of more than twenty novels and ten collections of stories, the first woman writer to receive the Pulitzer Prize in 1921. Works by Wharton such as «The House of Mirth», «Ethan Frome», «The Age of Innocence», «The Fruit of the Tree», have entered the «golden fund» of American literature.

The novel «The Age of Innocence» served as the basis for the film of the same name by Martin Scorsese, which received acclaim and popularity.

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