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The Age of Innocence
Edith Wharton
出版
Virago
, 1988
主題
Fiction / Classics
ISBN
086068069X
9780860680697
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=MwCTuAAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
Set in turn-of-the-century New York, Edith Wharton's classic novel "The Age of Innocence" reveals a society governed by the dictates of taste and form, manners and morals, and intricate social ceremonies. Newland Archer, soon to marry the lovely May Welland, is a man torn between his respect for tradition and family and his attraction to May's strongly independent cousin, the Countess Ellen Olenska. Plagued by the desire to live in a world where two people can love each other free from condemnation and judgment by the group, Newland views the artful delicacy of the world he lives in as a comforting security one moment, and at another, as an oppressive fiction masking true human nature. "The Age of Innocence" is at once a richly drawn portrait of the elegant lifestyles, luxurious brownstones, and fascinating culture of bygone New York society and a compelling look at the conflict between human passions and the social tribe that tries to control them.