The Age of Innocence
Edith Wharton
1862 – 1937
ENPublic Domain
Summary
"The Age of Innocence" by Edith Wharton is a novel published in 1920. Set in 1870s upper-class New York society, it follows Newland Archer, a gentleman lawyer preparing to marry the beautiful but sheltered May Welland. His secure world shifts when May's unconventional cousin, Countess Ellen Olenska, arrives from Europe, fleeing a scandalous marriage. As Newland grows fascinated by Ellen's bold defiance of social rules, he faces an agonizing choice between duty and desire in a world where appearances matter more than truth. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Subjects
- Domestic fiction
- Love stories
- Married people — Fiction
- New York (N.Y.) — Fiction
- Separated people — Fiction
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations) — Fiction
- Upper class — Fiction