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The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton
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.
Autor: Wharton, Edith
EAN: 9780241652688
Sprache: Englisch
Seitenzahl: 336
Produktart: kartoniert, broschiert
Verlag: Penguin Books UK Penguin Classics
Veröffentlichungsdatum: 11.06.2024
Schlagworte: Klassische Belletristik / Klassiker (Literatur) New York; Romane/Erzählungen New York (Staat); Romane/Erzählungen 19. Jahrhundert; Romane/Erzählungen Historische Romane/Erzählungen Liebesromane / Liebeserzählungen Historische Liebesromane Madame Bovary Malcolm X
Größe: 35 × 129 × 198
Gewicht: 500 g