Description
| Product ID: | 9781847497918 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Evergreens |
| Title: | The Age of Innocence |
| Subtitle: | Annotated Edition (Alma Classics Evergreens) |
| Authors: | Author: Edith Wharton |
| Page Count: | 320 |
| Subjects: | Classic fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction (pre c 1945) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating An extraordinarily well-observed dissection of New York's high society in the 1870s - the world Edith Wharton grew up in - The Age of Innocence shines a critical light on the social mores and values of the old order." Here presented with extra material and annotations. The intelligent and charming Newland Archer – a member of one of New York''s most prominent families – is living the life that has always been expected of him: he is engaged to the beautiful and well-connected May Welland and understands the rarefied world of Fifth Avenue society inside out. However, with the arrival of May''s cousin, the free-spirited and unconventional Countess Ellen Olenska, Newland begins to doubt all that once seemed so natural to him.An extraordinarily well-observed dissection of New York high society in the 1870s – the world in which Edith Wharton grew up – The Age of Innocence shines a critical light on the social mores and values of the old order. |
| Imprint Name: | Alma Classics |
| Publisher Name: | Alma Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-03-21 |