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There they were, close together and safe and shut in; yet so chained to their separate destinies that they might as well been half the world apart.
Newland Archer, a successful and charming young lawyer, conducts himself by the dictates of polite New York society. Happily engaged to the beautiful and respectable May Welland, his place in the rigid world of the Elite is secured. That is, until the arrival of May's scandalous cousin, Countess Olenska, throws Newland's life upside down.
Adapted many times for stage and screen, Edith Wharton offers a rich and evocative critique of the hypocrisy of America's Gilded Age. Comedic, subtle and cynical in style, The Age of Innocence is a masterful portrait of a man torn between his duty and his desire.
HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.
There they were, close together and safe and shut in; yet so chained to their separate destinies that they might as well been half the world apart.
Newland Archer, a successful and charming young lawyer, conducts himself by the dictates of polite New York society. Happily engaged to the beautiful and respectable May Welland, his place in the rigid world of the Elite is secured. That is, until the arrival of May's scandalous cousin, Countess Olenska, throws Newland's life upside down.
Adapted many times for stage and screen, Edith Wharton offers a rich and evocative critique of the hypocrisy of America's Gilded Age. Comedic, subtle and cynical in style, The Age of Innocence is a masterful portrait of a man torn between his duty and his desire.
Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was an American author whose life and work spanned, criticised and came to exemplify the turn of the twentieth century. She produced novels, novellas, short stories, poetry and non-fiction on design, travel and culture, as well as a memoir with social comedy and realism that is often compared to Jane Austen. In 1921 she was the first woman to be recognised with the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel capturing the rigid social mores of the 1870s New York elite, The Age of Innocence. Her most famous novels include The House of Mirth (1905), Ethan Frome (1911), The Custom of the Country (1913), Summer (1917) and several short stories. Her novels are particularly celebrated for capturing a formative period of American history with naturalism, emotional intensity and opulent description.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Romane & Erzählungen |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Reihe: | Collins Classics |
| Inhalt: | 322 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9780007368648 |
| ISBN-10: | 000736864X |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Wharton, Edith |
| Hersteller: |
HarperCollins Publishers
Collins Classics |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com |
| Maße: | 179 x 113 x 24 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Edith Wharton |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 19.10.2010 |
| Gewicht: | 0,187 kg |
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