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About The Age of Innocence. Edith Wharton’s masterpiece brings to life the grandeur and hypocrisy of a gilded age. Set among the very rich in 1870s New York, it tells the story of Newland Archer, a young lawyer engaged to marry virginal socialite May Welland, when he meets her cousin, Countess Ellen Olenska, a woman unbound by convention and surrounded by scandal.
26 de set. de 2023 · SHARES. ‘The Age of Innocence’ is a classic novel written by Edith Wharton, first published in 1920. Set in the extravagant society of 1870s New York, the novel explores the themes of love, desire, and societal expectations. Wharton’s keen observations and exquisite prose transport the readers into a world of elegance and restraint.
A Francophile. After World War I ended in 1918, Wharton lived in France and only returned to the United States once before her death in 1937. During this single visit, she received an honorary doctorate from Yale University. The best study guide to The Age of Innocence on the planet, from the creators of SparkNotes.
Critics reviews. In 1870s New York, three wealthy socialites are caught in a tragic love triangle. Newland Archer is a noble attorney who secretly longs for a life of passion. When his wife’s unconventional cousin returns to New York amid social and sexual scandal, Newland risks everything for a chance at true love.
Martin Scorsese directs this stunning adaptation of Edith Wharton's novel about timeless love and aching loss. Interwoven with passion, sacrifice and intrigue, THE AGE OF INNOCENCE tells the story of a man caught between two women and two worlds.
Edith Wharton and The Age of Innocence Background. By the time the bloody chaos of the First World War finally came to an end on November 11, 1918, the American novelist Edith Wharton had already been living as an expatriate in Paris for five years. During that time, she had essentially ceased to write fiction and had turned her energies ...
1 de nov. de 2019 · She wrote most of “The Age of Innocence” in 1919, the year after the Armistice, but the action is set in the 1870s, with only the last chapter jumping forward to the 1900s. Readers in 1920 ...
