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Most critics claim that edith whartons creative achievement peaked with her novels the house of mirth and the age of innocence, dismissing her later fiction as reactionary, sensationalistic and aesthetically inferior. The age of innocence is author edith whartons 12th novel. New centenary essays brings together leading scholars to explore cuttingedge critical approaches to wharton s most popular novel. In edith whartons twelfth novel the age of innocence, we meet archer newland, a young lawyer living in new york in the 1870s, who has been looking forward to his marriage to the naive and lovely may welland, a society beauty whose sheltered upbringing and training has turned her into a young woman destined to become the perfect wife and mother. The age of innocence arcadianpress edition kindle edition by wharton, edith. Librivox recording of the age of innocence, by edith wharton. The age of innocence edith wharton work reproduced with no editorial responsibility. Like shakespeares play, whartons 1923 novel is about two lovers, but thats only on the surface. The first edition of the novel was published in 1920, and was written by edith wharton. Pdf the custom of the country by edith wharton download pdf.
Wharton drew upon her insiders knowledge of the upper class new york aristocracy to realistically portray the lives and morals of the gilded age. She was distinguished for her work in the first world war and was the first woman to receive a doctorate of letters from yale university. Most critics claim that edith wharton s creative achievement peaked with her novels the house of mirth and the age of innocence, dismissing her later fiction as reactionary, sensationalistic and aesthetically inferior. Notice by luarna ediciones this book is in the public domain because. Aug, 2002 the age of innocence by edith wharton london. Pdf ethan frome book by edith wharton free download 176.
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