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The Age of Innocence
Taschenbuch von Edith Wharton
Sprache: Englisch

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A moving portrayal of the struggle between desire and duty in nineteenth-century New York high society

Newland Archer, an eligible young man of the establishment is about to announce his engagement to May Welland, a pretty ingénue, when May's cousin, Countess Olenska, is introduced into their circle. The Countess brings with her an aura of European sophistication and a hint of scandal, having left her husband and claimed her independence.

Her sorrowful eyes, her tragic worldliness and her air of unapproachability attract the sensitive Newland and, almost against their will, a passionate bond develops between them. But Archer's life has no place for passion and, with society on the side of May and all she stands for, he finds himself drawn into a bitter conflict between love and duty.

A moving portrayal of the struggle between desire and duty in nineteenth-century New York high society

Newland Archer, an eligible young man of the establishment is about to announce his engagement to May Welland, a pretty ingénue, when May's cousin, Countess Olenska, is introduced into their circle. The Countess brings with her an aura of European sophistication and a hint of scandal, having left her husband and claimed her independence.

Her sorrowful eyes, her tragic worldliness and her air of unapproachability attract the sensitive Newland and, almost against their will, a passionate bond develops between them. But Archer's life has no place for passion and, with society on the side of May and all she stands for, he finds himself drawn into a bitter conflict between love and duty.

Über den Autor
Edith Wharton was born into a wealthy New York family in 1862, during the American Civil War. She married at twenty-three, and subsequently divided her time between homes in New York, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. The House of Mirth, perhaps her most famous work, appeared in 1905, and was followed by Ethan Frome, The Custom of the Country, Summer and The Age of Innocence. Wharton was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. She died in 1937.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: The Penguin English Library
Inhalt: 336 S.
ISBN-13: 9780241652688
ISBN-10: 0241652685
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Wharton, Edith
Hersteller: Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
Penguin Classics
Maße: 196 x 128 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Edith Wharton
Erscheinungsdatum: 02.05.2024
Gewicht: 0,252 kg
Artikel-ID: 127183773
Über den Autor
Edith Wharton was born into a wealthy New York family in 1862, during the American Civil War. She married at twenty-three, and subsequently divided her time between homes in New York, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. The House of Mirth, perhaps her most famous work, appeared in 1905, and was followed by Ethan Frome, The Custom of the Country, Summer and The Age of Innocence. Wharton was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. She died in 1937.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: The Penguin English Library
Inhalt: 336 S.
ISBN-13: 9780241652688
ISBN-10: 0241652685
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Wharton, Edith
Hersteller: Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
Penguin Classics
Maße: 196 x 128 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Edith Wharton
Erscheinungsdatum: 02.05.2024
Gewicht: 0,252 kg
Artikel-ID: 127183773
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