The age of innocence
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- ISBN: 9780307268204 (US)
- ISBN: 0307268209 (US)
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xliii, 308 p. ; 22 cm. - Publisher: New York : A.A. Knopf, 2008.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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Subject: | Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction Upper class -- Fiction Nobility -- Fiction Married people -- Fiction New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction |
Genre: | Domestic fiction. Love stories. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Lansdowne Library | PS 3545 H16 A7 2008 (Text) | 26040003002025 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
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The perfect marriage between the wealthy, worldly attorney Newland Archer and the beautiful and docile May Welland is threatened by the arrival from Europe of May's cousin, the fascinating Countess Olenska. Winner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize. - Random House, Inc.
One of Whartonâs most renowned novelsâand the first by a woman to win the Pulitzer Prizeâexquisitely details the struggle between love and responsibility through the experiences of men and women in Gilded Age New York. ⢠With an introduction by Peter Washington
The novel follows Newland Archer, a young, aristocratic lawyer engaged to the cloistered, beautiful May Welland. When Mayâs disgraced cousin Ellen arrives from Europe, fleeing her marriage to a Polish Count, her worldly, independent nature intrigues Archer, who soon falls in love with her. Trapped by his passionless relationship with May and the social conventions that forbid a relationship with Ellen, Archer finds himself torn between possibility and duty.
Whartonâs profound understanding of her charactersâ lives makes the triangle of Archer, May, and Ellen come to life with an irresistible urgency. A wry, incisive look at the ways in which love and emotion must negotiate the complex rules of high society, The Age of Innocence is one of Wharton's finest, most illuminative works.