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The Age of Innocence Audio Book
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The Age of Innocence
Author:
Edith Wharton
Reader: Laural Merlington
Set against the old New York of her youth, Wharton's novel tells the story of Newland Archer, a man engaged to society girl May Welland. Yet privately he longs for a life of genuine passion with the spirited Countess Ellen Olenska. A tale of men and women caught in a society that denies humanity while desperately defending "civilization." Includes bonus PDF e-book.
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Available Audio Book Editions:
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Audio MP3-CD ( 1 ) |
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Publish Date: 12/15/2008
ISBN: 9781400160136
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$34.99 |
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Synopsis:
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THE AGE OF INNOCENCE is Edith Wharton's insider's look at New York society at a time when an address above 12th Street was considered the wild frontier. May Welland, demure and pretty, is born and bred to marry Newland Archer, a thoughtful barrister. He in turn loves the brazen, unconventional, and attractive Countess Ellen Olenska, who has left her Count behind in Europe and returned to New York alone to get over a bad marriage. As the delicacies of this love triangle are played out, Wharton takes the opportunity to effect a subtle critique of America's East Coast upper classes, not only painting a deliciously detailed portrait of old New York and the rigid rules that governed society, but also providing readers with entertainment of the highest order. With this novel, Edith Wharton became, in 1921, the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize.
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Book Reviews:
| "For Edith Wharton...there was no genuine and honorable and emotionally fulfilling alternative to the social order...To defy the social ethic was to disturb the foundation of society...But only an imagination that could feel the enormous temptation to do so--had felt it deeply, perhaps, in her own passional life--...could write as compelling an account of both the lure and the danger as 'The Age of Innocence'." |
| - R. W. B. Lewis () |
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| "There are only three or four American novelists who can be thought of as 'major'--and Edith Wharton is one." |
| - Edgar Box () |
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| "THE AGE OF INNOCENCE, beneath its fine surface, holds an abyss--the abyss of time, and the tragedy of human transience." |
| - John Updike () |
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Author Bio:
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Born to a wealthy New York family, Edith Wharton, who eventually wrote over 50 works, spent much of her childhood in Europe developing an appreciation for the arts. In 1885 she married a wealthy banker, Edward Robbins Wharton, and turned to writing--books on decorating, then novels. In 1906, Wharton moved to Paris where she was engaged in a passionate affair with Morton Fullerton. In 1913 she divorced her husband. By this time, Wharton had achieved fame and began spending time among a society of writers and intellectuals that included Henry James. THE AGE OF INNOCENCE, just one of her many classic works, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1920. In addition to her novels, Wharton produced poetry, travel books, and literary criticism.
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