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The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence
Audiobook10 hours

The Age of Innocence

Written by Edith Wharton

Narrated by Anna Lee

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The Age of Innocence’ is a 1920 novel by Edith Wharton, and the winner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize. The title is an ironic comment on the smooth outward manners of New York society in comparison to its inner workings. The narrative revolves around the impending marriage of an upper-class couple, Newland Archer and the beautiful May Welland, which is disrupted by the appearance of the mysterious Countess Ellen Olenska who shocks the New York aristocracy with her unconventional manners and revealing clothes. The novel’s underlying theme is the loss of the pre-war world which was destroyed by World War I. The writing is rich in detail, and impressive in its descriptions of the golden age of New York in the 19th century.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateOct 1, 2019
ISBN9781982782283
Author

Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton (1862–1937) was an American novelist—the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for her novel The Age of Innocence in 1921—as well as a short story writer, playwright, designer, reporter, and poet. Her other works include Ethan Frome, The House of Mirth, and Roman Fever and Other Stories. Born into one of New York’s elite families, she drew upon her knowledge of upper-class aristocracy to realistically portray the lives and morals of the Gilded Age.

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  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
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    Book as always is charming. The reader as disappointing and at times excruciating. The French city Nice is neese, not nice. Constantinople is not Constanople. The final s in Versailles is silent. Ingenious and ingenuous are not interchangeable. Plumed is not Plummed. Etc etc. Will never listen to another book by this reader

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