EAN: 9780241652688

THE AGE OF INNOCENCE - EDITH WHARTON KARTONIERT...

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.

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