The Age of Innocence (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) FROM OUR EDITORS
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Winner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize, The Age of Innocence
is Edith Whartonﾽs masterful portrait of desire and betrayal during the
sumptuous Golden Age of Old New York, a time when society people ﾽdreaded
scandal more than disease.ﾽ
This is Newland Archerﾽs world as he prepares to marry the beautiful but
conventional May Welland. But when the mysterious Countess Ellen Olenska
returns to New York after a disastrous marriage, Archer falls deeply in love
with her. Torn between duty and passion, Archer struggles to make a decision
that will either courageously define his lifeﾽor mercilessly destroy it.
Maureen Howard is a critic, teacher, and writer of fiction. Her seven
novels include Bridgeport Bus, Natural History, and A
Loverﾽs Almanac. Her memoir, Facts
of Life, won the National Book Criticsﾽ Circle Award. She has taught at
Yale and Columbia University.
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