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    The Age of Innocence
    The Age of Innocence
    The Age of Innocence
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    The Age of Innocence

    By Edith Wharton

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    'I want – I want somehow to get away with you into a world where words like that – categories like that – won't exist. Where we shall be simply two human beings who love each other, who are the whole of life to each other; and nothing else on earth will matter.’

    Newland Archer, a successful and charming young lawyer conducts himself by the rules and standards of the polite, upper class New York society that he resides in. Happily engaged to the pretty and conventional May Welland, his attachment guarantees his place in this rigid world of the elite.

    However, the arrival of May’s cousin, the exotic and beautiful European Countess Olenska throws Newland’s life upside down. A divorcee, Olenska is ostracised by those around her, yet Newland is fiercely drawn to her wit, determination and willingness to flout convention. With the Countess, Newland is freed from the limitations that surround him and truly begins to ‘feel’ for the first time.

    Wharton’s subtle exposé of the manners and etiquette of 1870s New York society is both comedic, subtle, satirical and cynical in style and paints an evocative picture of a man torn between his passion and his obligation.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins UK
    Release dateNov 4, 2010
    ISBN9780007424580
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    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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    • 4/5
      The age of individualism has not yet dawned when Newland Archer, a young man from a good New Yorker family, has to make the age-old choice between an untamed true love and a marriage that fits into all the traditions he grew up and believes in. A remarkable story about love, duty, sacrifice and the power that society, its morals and traditons have over the lives of people, especially if they don't fit seamlessly into the fold. The excesses of these conventions often seems absurd to modern readers, the introspective voice of this narrative sometimes borders on melodrama, but especially as I read (listened to) it right after Pride and Prejudice, the difference how both books handle this overarching theme left a deep impression on me. Where P&P takes it with a lot of humour, optimism and exaggeration, the tone here is decidedly melancholic, introspective and much more subdued.
    • 3/5
      I didn't really understand why this novel is so recommended and highly rated. It is a character study of several people, in the vein of the different classes and societal concerns that beset them, but I did not feel engaged or enraptured with the story or the developments that occurred during it. To me, it seemed a bit archaic in form and style and did not seem to age well. The prose was a bit stale and uninspired as well- largely dealing with the same sort of approach and taciturnity that I did not feel suited the novel very well.2.5 stars- worth skipping.
    • 5/5
      I hate the ending, although I understand it had to be that way . why? why? Later on I will write a more coherent review ... the last word! it killed me
    • 5/5
      "The immense accretion of flesh which had descended on her in the middle of life like a flood of lava on a doomed city had changed her from a plump active little woman with a neatly-turned foot and ankle into something as vast and august as a natural phenomenon. She had accepted this submergence as philosophically as all her other trials, and now, in extreme old age, was rewarded by presenting to her mirror an almost unwrinkled expanse of firm pink and white flesh, in the center of which the traces of a small face survived as if awaiting excavation" (25).

      Anyone who can write a physical description such as that has my vote.




    • 4/5
      The Age of Innocence follows Newland Archer, who is about to marry May Welland, both from New York's upper class families. Everything seems superbly perfect to Newland, until the Countess Ellen Olenska returns to New York after fleeing her husband in Europe. After several stops and starts and subtle inflections of politeness, Newland discovers that he and Ellen are in love. But the wedding with May goes on, leaving them both caught between following their heart and following the norms of society. The Age of Innocence garnered Edith Wharton the 1921 Pulitzer Prize, the first time it was awarded to a woman. Though apparently there was some frustration for her about this, because her book was chosen over another author's merely because it was the "safer" choice. In her view, the book is far from safe, as it satirizes the standards of marriage and criticizes the edicts that society holds dear. I personally found The Age of Innocence to be readable and enjoyable with much subtly of personalities, contradictory natures, and wonderful rendering of the upper class culture and its hypocrisies. This book didn't have nearly the emotional punch in the gut that the fantastic House of Mirth had, but it was still wonderful in its own right.
    • 4/5
      I listened to this on CD, and the narrator, David Horrowitz, had just the right kind of refined, elegant, voice to set off the rather elegant text. Set in New York Society, it is difficult to work out to whom the title is referring - there are a number of characters that could be considered "innocent". Ellen Olenska seems innocent in the ways of Society - incurring her family's displeasure and censure, but with no-one to understand her plight, nor to guide her on what to do. She seems out of her depth, but has a moral core, in that she refuses Newland. Newland goes through quite a shift in the book, starting as moulded by his upbringing, but seemingly unsatisfied with how his marriage to May is going to turn out - hence the attraction to Ellen, but he's not given opportunity to do anything about it - no matter that the rest of his society thinks he has. May strikes me as a typical young society woman - bred not to have a brain in her head and tought to believe she shouldn;t think - although i do sense, particularly in the epilogue that she maybe wasn't quite as naive as she appeared. The tale is beautifully told, with lots of sly glances at the ills and illogicality of society. You do think that Newland is going to set the world afire, but he kind of backs off and it becomes clear he hasn't, but it seems his offspring might.
    • 3/5
      A very good novel, with exquisite detail of the characters and the society they live in.

      I only wish (on a personal level) the story didn't revolve around the exact same love triangle as is found in every other novel about some man or woman who realises a moment too late that they're marrying the wrong person; anachronistically conservative as I am, I've never been able to sympathise with people angsting over whether or not to be unfaithful, and the plot is always so drearily predictable. I always end up sympathising with the May of the story, and wishing we could see her through more than implication.
    • 3/5
      If you feel like picking up a classic, this is a great one. Set at the beginning of the 19th century, the book paints a vivid portrait of life in high society New York - the strict rules of how to behave, who to mingle with, and even who to marry. The hero, Nuland Archer, is all set to marry beautiful May Welland when he meets her cousin, Ellen Olenska who has scandalized New York society by leaving her disastrous marriage to a European count. What a great tragic love story! I had two different audio versions of this book, one narrated by Dick Hill and the other narrated by Alyssa Bresnahan. Although I loved Dick Hill's narration of Huckleberry Finn, after listening to the first cd, I switched over to Alyssa Bresnahan's version. Her portrayal of the high society New York women was perfect!
    • 5/5


      There is very little that I can add in respect to all that has been said of this fantastic book. Wharton opened a window to us which allowed us to catch a glimpse of lives and and social customs of the rich and social elites in New York during the late 19th century and in so doing forced me to do a great deal of soul searching and thinking. I cannot recommend this book highly enough.
    • 3/5
      I really dislike the flash-forward scenes at the end of the book. Also, I can't get the image of Michelle Pfeiffer as Countess Olenska out of my head from when we had to watch the movie in high school.
    • 5/5
      "In reality they all lived in a kind of hieroglyphic world, where the real thing was never said or done or even thought, but only represented by a set of arbitrary signs."

      Through Newland Archer is who we see Old New York. Archer's opinions of May is to believe that she is an innocent and hollow person, Archer does not realize his wife's depth until the end when his son reveals:

      " 'She said she knew we were safe with you, and always would be, because once, when she asked you to, you'd given up the thing you most wanted.'

      Archer received this strange communication in silence. His eyes remained unseeingly fixed on the thronged sunlit square below the window. At length he said in a low voice: 'She never asked me.' "

      I watched the movie version directed by Martin Scorcese, immediately after reading this. It was brilliantly done and lush in setting and emotion.
    • 5/5
      A heart-breaking book which is both fast-paced and brilliantly written. Archer is an interesting character and Wharton does a great job of showing how much easier it is for him to conform than to follow his heart, but it is the way Wharton portrays Archer's wife, May, that shows Wharton's incredible ability to create believable characters. Great story, sad ending.
    • 3/5
      I wish I could give this 3.5 stars because I definitely liked it more than 3 stars, but not enough to give it 4.

      The book is relatively predictable, plotwise. You can kind of tell from the beginning what is going to unfold, but at the same time you keep reading to see what happens next.

      I had kind of a love/hate relationship with this book because I loved the potential scandal, but I have such a strong dislike toward adultery. Like such a strong dislike that I ended up kind of liking May the best. I'm pretty sure that isn't what is supposed to happen.
    • 4/5
      Big characters lashing emotions big and small left and right while at the same time trying to keep very agreeable with the norms of a society busy with busying itself with... itself, mostly. Freedom and individual views are not the norm and are frowned upon, and "innocence" is more or less well-played, but certainly not what is really going on. The futility of the attempts to do as one really pleases teaches the misbehaving ones a lot about the society around them, and about themselves. Wharton plays her characters back and forth, especially the two main ones, until we do not fully understand their motivation. Are their emotions real and what are they? Their actions and reactions are not always easy to comprehend, but still they remain real, and very human-like: failing, lying and cheating. Strong forces and "values" of the society play with characters at will. No one is safe and no one seems to be able to trust his next of kin or friend. The end of innocence happens on many levels and Wharton is particularly skillful in playing with meanings, tones, ironies to show us just how lowly the society has fallen (or has always been).
    • 4/5
      I found Laural Merlington's narration to be excellent, especially her voice of Ellen Olenska.

      (listened to May 2013)
    • 5/5
      Wonderful for folks who like period pieces, and a focus on relationships.
    • 5/5
      Spoiler Alert!When Ellen Olenska returns to New York to escape her husband, she shakes up Newland Archer's carefully ordered world and challenges his assumptions about what his life could and should be like. As the two carry on an affair mostly of the heart, consummated only by a few stolen kisses, the ramifications of his actions are felt throughout the tiny community of New York society. My favorite thing about this novel was the ending. As I read along, I was expecting some dramatic, tragic ending for Newland and Ellen. Instead, she returns to Europe and he stays with his pregnant wife. As time passes the supposedly all-consuming love fades and the two are content, if not blissful, in their separate lives. This seemed to me much more realistic than the tragic fates that await other unfaithful lovers in many novels. It wasn't a happily-ever-after story, but it was, in a strange way, a happy ending.
    • 4/5
      Good, but I still think it would have been so much better if the book had been told in Ellen's point of view. I always enjoy Wharton's careful satire of a society she knew very well and her depiction of the constraints placed on women is heartbreaking, as it is in all her novels. Archer is an unlikeable narrator with flaws I can't empathize with (as opposed to Lily or Undine in Wharton's other books). A bit frustrated. I really like the epilogue, though.
    • 3/5

      My recurrent problem with these books - that I can't see why anyone would fall in love with a Countess Olenska when they're already in love with May - makes it difficult for me to really love this one. I guess that's kind of the point. May hasn't done anything wrong, and hence Newland leads a happy life with her, it's just not the peak-of-the-mountain romantic craziness that we all seem to crave. On the other hand, I think 'The Reef' was better, and my wife assures me that 'House of Mirth' is better than both of them. It's interesting to read this so soon after Elizabeth Bowen's 'Heat of the Day,' to see how the type of thing Wharton did (close social observation of impossible situations) was better served by more modernist techniques. Anyone who likes Wharton, particularly her more Jamesian moments, should go check out Bowen's novels.
      The reason I like this less than Bowen and James, I think, aside from my attraction to the cute girls next door rather than the stormy seductresses, is that Wharton's irony is a little too obvious. I get the feeling that she doesn't really know why any of her characters do what they do. That's not a technical failing. She isn't just making it up, I'm sure that New York society really was as she describes it in the 1870's. But she sympathises too little with that society, in this novel at least, to be fair. On the upside, that means she's much funnier.
    • 4/5
      This 12th novel by author Edith Wharton awarded her the Pulitzer Prize as well as being the first female to receive the honor. Set in 1870's New York, this story revolves around the wealthy and elite society. The main character is Newland Archer, a gentleman and successful attorney, his virtue is challenged. Engaged to lovely May Welland, he knows he has landed a most ideal and perfect match until something, or rather someone better comes along. Enter the beautiful Countess Ellen Olenska, cousin to May Welland, just arrived from Europe after leaving her husband. The now independent and unconventional Countess puts everyone on edge and is the topic of current gossip. Keeping undesirable company in addition to the unresolved business of whether or not she will divorce her husband, her family worries their name will be associated with scandal. Edith Wharton grew up among the wealthy privileged in New York society and gives an excellent account as to life in that era.
    • 4/5
      This story is set in the 1890's, New York city. It follows the inner thoughts and workings of Newland Archer, a well to do young man in the upper society, during that precarious stage of life before he has committed himself to what sort of life he will live. Will he settle, for better or worse with May Welland? Or will he fling caution and standards to the wind to be with Ellen Olenska?The real delight of this story, is the peek at the inner workings and mores of the upper crust, a narrow society with very strict rules. I love the way Edith Wharton describes the characters, there subtle dialog and the manners of the times. To be honest, Newland Archer drove me crazy, and I didn't care what choice he made, but the very careful way that Wharton laid out the choices and the consequences was a treat.Also, the narrator, Lorna Raver, was masterful.
    • 5/5
      The Age of Innocence is probably one of my favorite books of all time. I read it in college and, because of that and for the sake of time, I have chosen not to re-read the Pulitzer winners that I have already read. But, I couldn't resist writing a short note on this one.Wharton wrote The Age of Innocence after World War I. She reflected back to a time when things really did seem innocent - especially in high society. But, things are not always as they appear and Wharton seeks to make that point. High society in the Victoria era was full of rules and regulations about how one was to act regardless of how one really felt. This is a book that I believe is required reading for all. It is very important to be able to step back, examine society, and see it for what it really is. It is easy to condemn those in the past for their social quirks. It is much harder, if not impossible, to step back from our own society and look at it objectively - to see it for what it really is.
    • 5/5
      Book Club selection. Great book and discussion. I had heard so much about this book and thought I might not like it, but it surprised me.
    • 4/5
      Set amongst New York City's societal elite during the late 1800's, The Age of Innocence reads like a grown up version of Gossip Girl. Scandal, love triangles, parties and gossip. This books has it all. Newland Archer, just engaged to to the sweet and innocent May Welland, finds himself attracted to her newly arrived cousin, The Countess Olenska, who's arrival is filled with scandal.This is a smart, fun book. It is rich in language and setting and a wonderful look into the lives of NYC in the 19c.
    • 4/5
      1920 novel by Edith Wharton which won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize. The novel takes place among New York City's upper class during the 1870s, before the advent of electric lights, telephones or motor vehicles; when there was a small cluster of aristocratic "old revolutionary stock" families that ruled New Yorks social life; when "being things" was better than "doing things" - ones occupation or abilities were secondary to heredity and family connections, when reputation and outward appearances came at the exclusion of everything and everyone else. When gentleman were lawyers and ladies were ladies and the "clever people" did everything else. When 5th Avenue was deserted by nightfall and it was possible to follow the comings and goings of society by watching who went to which household along it. The plot is a love story, but is also well regarded for its accurate portrayal of how the upper class of America at one time lived, for which it won the Pulitzer (The Magnificent Ambersons (1918) by Booth Tarkington won a Pulitzer for almost the same reason just a few years earlier, except set in the Midwest). Wharton, born in 1862 and aged 58 at the time of publication, herself lived in this rarefied social world, only to see it change dramatically by the end of WWI, when she looked backed and reminisced about a bygone "age of innocence".
    • 5/5
      I first read this book in my Women's Literature class in college. I have loved it ever since. I like Wharton's social commentary on the upper class in the United States during the Gilded Age. She is also magnificent when it comes to describing the New York City of the 1890's
    • 5/5
      Amazing book, about New York society in the 1870s. Sad but hauntingly beautiful like all the Wharton I have encountered.
    • 5/5
      Edith Wharton has created a beautiful tale of love and loss in this, in my opinion her best, novel. I wrote a term paper on it in high school and have loved it ever since. It has an effect on the reader's heart and emotions that for me cannot be surpassed. This novel is close to perfection.
    • 5/5
      A classic story about a young man torn between chosing the conventions of his time or following his heart. Wharton's characterization of Ellen is wonderful...a woman ahead of her time; a free spirit who is a stranger in a world where women are seen as simply pretty things on a man's arm. I would have rated this one higher except for a disappointing ending.
    • 4/5
      Wharton's tale is a classic story of doomed love, choked to death by a society that values the appearance of truth over truth itself; one that has so successfully deceived itself as to it's true nature, that it has forgotten what it looks like. Wharton's vision is devoid of pretence, yet there's compassion and understanding as well.

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