Project Gutenberg 1996-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 2021 Wharton, Edith 1862 1937 Wharton, Edith Newbold Jones Olivieri, David The Age of Innocence Produced by Judith Boss and Charles Keller. HTML version by Al Haines. "The Age of Innocence" by Edith Wharton is a novel written during the late 19th century. The story is set in the upper echelons of New York society, exploring themes of tradition, social norms, and personal desire. The narrative begins with Newland Archer, a young lawyer engaged to the demure May Welland, as he navigates the complexities of love and societal expectations amidst his attraction to May's scandalous cousin, Countess Ellen Olenska. The opening of the novel introduces us to a winter evening at the Academy of Music, where Archer is at the opera, eagerly anticipating the performance and the beautiful singer Christine Nilsson. He observes the audience, including May Welland and her family, seated in the box of her grandmother, Mrs. Manson Mingott. A notable interruption occurs with the unexpected appearance of Countess Olenska, stirring whispers and intrigue. As the evening unfolds, Archer's internal conflicts emerge; he grapples with his feelings for both women while adhering to the rigid codes of his social milieu. This early glimpse into Archer's life signals the central struggle between individual desire and societal duty that drives the narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction Love stories Domestic fiction Married people -- Fiction Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction Separated people -- Fiction Upper class -- Fiction PS Text Movie Books Bestsellers, American, 1895-1923 Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 656154 650211 2024-09-01T05:52:17.044144 2023-10-01T05:34:49.691617 text/html text/html 646172 2021-01-01T09:40:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 241849 2021-01-01T09:40:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 293936 2024-09-01T05:52:25.265014 application/epub+zip 305958 2024-09-01T05:52:18.537060 application/epub+zip 305958 2024-09-01T05:52:17.645056 application/epub+zip 530553 2024-09-01T05:52:30.515987 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 509749 2024-09-01T05:52:24.653004 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 508837 2022-09-01T06:19:14.416841 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 612449 612395 2024-09-01T05:52:15.590056 2023-10-01T05:34:48.469591 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 612351 2021-01-01T09:40:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 237699 2021-01-01T09:40:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20602 2024-09-01T05:52:30.658951 application/rdf+xml 12817 2024-09-01T05:52:18.014028 image/jpeg 3403 2024-09-01T05:52:17.830018 image/jpeg 286809 2024-09-01T05:52:17.101045 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia