When i think of this book, i see fresh flowers on a dark table in the foyer, glowing golden in the slow afternoon sun. In an era before the advent of electric lights, telephones or motor vehicles, there exists a small cluster of aristocratic old revolutionary stock families that rule new yorks social life. Its brilliant anatomization of the snobbery and hypocrisy of the wealthy elite of new york society in the 1870s made it an instant classic, and it won the pulitzer prize in 1921. Free audiobook the age of innocence by edith wharton. The characters live in constant fear of being excluded or shunned or, worse, pitied. In her 1920 pulitzer prize winning novel, the age of innocence, edith wharton depicts with humor, wisdom and elegance the restrictions of life in the highest echelons of old new york society. Buy edith wharton ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device. Like what lily craved was the darkness made by enfolding arms, the silence which is not solitude, but compassion holding its breath. Real estate of edith whartons the age of innocence.
Whartons story of the upper classes of old new york, and newland archers impossible love for the disgraced countess olenska, is a perfectly wrought book about an era when upperclass culture in this country was still a mixture of american and european extracts, and. The age of innocence by edith wharton download ebook. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Edith wharton quotes author of the age of innocence. Librivox recording of the age of innocence by edith wharton. The genteel snobbery of the upper classes with its underlying cruelty and heartless judgments passed on those who cross the line is wonderfully depicted in the age of innocence. They live in a world where appearance is everything, where society is rigidly structured with certain families on top and everyone else below, and where rules. The age of innocence by edith wharton, 97801995400, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. Like shakespeares play, whartons 1923 novel is about two lovers, but thats only on the surface. The age of innocence, set in late nineteenthcentury new york society, is edith whartons story of the struggle between the individual and the community. Download edith wharton,s the age of innocence for your kindle, tablet, ipad, pc or mobile.
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