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The age of the age of innocence the new york times. Dec 23, 2009 whartons pulitzerprize winning age of innocence depicts all the hypocrisy and convention, duty and criticism, propriety and snobbery of the new york elite as it tells the story of protagonist newland archer who is the product of this very society and his agonies over the boundaries of its imposed limits. Kate spade clutch pursei cant decide which one i want most. Why does archer neglect to tell countess olenska of his engagement to may welland, despite the fact. Read the age of innocence by author edith wharton, free, online. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. Promiscuity was excusable for men, but for women sexuality equaled. Born into one of new yorks elite families, she drew upon her knowledge of upper class aristocracy to realistically portray the lives and morals of the gilded age. The age of innocence by edith wharton, first edition. Whartons first chapter sets the tone of irony and hypocrisy that delineates the fabric of her old new york, the 1870s setting of the age of innocence.
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