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The Age of Innocence. Illustrated
Publisher title : The Age of Innocence. Illustrated
EDITH WHARTON
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Summary
Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence (1920) is a timeless novel of love, duty, and the unspoken rules of society. Set in the glittering world of New York’s upper class during the 1870s, it explores the tension between individual passion and the rigid expectations of a closed, tradition-bound community. With her signature elegance and irony, Wharton unveils a world where appearances reign supreme, and where even the smallest transgression can lead to scandal.
The story follows Newland Archer, a young lawyer who seems to have everything—a promising career, wealth, and an engagement to the beautiful and well-bred May Welland. Yet when May’s cousin, Countess Ellen Olenska, returns from Europe after a failed marriage, Newland’s carefully ordered life is thrown into turmoil. Ellen’s independence, warmth, and refusal to conform awaken desires and possibilities that Newland had never dared imagine. Torn between loyalty to May and his deepening love for Ellen, he confronts the painful reality of choice in a society that leaves little room for freedom.
Wharton crafts her characters with psychological depth and nuance. Newland embodies the struggle of a man caught between personal longing and societal duty, while May, seemingly innocent and passive, represents the quiet force of tradition. Ellen stands apart as a symbol of courage and honesty, challenging the hypocrisy and double standards of her world. Their triangle becomes a profound meditation on compromise, sacrifice, and the limits imposed by social order.
More than a love story, The Age of Innocence is also a cultural portrait of a society in transition. It captures the decline of rigid aristocratic values and the rise of a more complex, modern America. Wharton’s sharp social commentary and evocative prose bring to life an era at once glamorous and suffocating.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, The Age of Innocence remains one of Wharton’s greatest works—a haunting exploration of love denied, lives constrained, and the eternal conflict between heart and convention.
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EDITH WHARTON
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The Age of Innocence. Illustrated
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August 2025
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LIVRES NUMÉRIQUES DIVERS
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305
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NUL DIVERS
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9786178625993 (6178625995)
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4491921
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The Age of Innocence. Illustrated
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The Age of Innocence. Illustrated
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WHARTON, EDITH
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