The Age of Innocence

Written by Edith Wharton

Narrated by Dick Hill

Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel

Newland Archer is a young lawyer, a member of New York's high society, and engaged to be married to May Welland.

Countess Ellen Olenska is May's cousin, and wants a divorce from the Polish nobleman she married. Intelligent and beautiful, she comes back to New York where she tries to fit into the high society life she had before her marriage. Her family and former friends, however, are shocked by the idea of divorce within their social circle, and she finds herself snubbed by her own class.

When Ellen and Newland fall in love, will they be able to choose between passion and conventions?

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Release date: May 5, 2015
• ISBN: 9781491586808

Edith Wharton

EDITH WHARTON (1862 - 1937) was a unique and prolific voice in the American literary canon. With her distinct sense of humor and knowledge of New York’s upper-class society, Wharton was best known for novels that detailed the lives of the elite including: The House of Mirth, The Custom of Country, and The Age of Innocence. She was the first woman to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and one of four women whose election to the Academy of Arts and Letters broke the barrier for the next generation of women writers.

Reviews for The Age of Innocence

[Svetlana · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The novel is brilliant, but the narration dreadful. Certainly recommend finding another audiobook.