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This book is based on The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton.
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The text of Wharton's richly allusive Pulitzer Prize-winning 1921 novel of Old New York is accompanied by necessarily rigorous annotation. Contexts constructs the historical foundations of the novel, with documents on the "New York Four Hundred," elite social gatherings and archery (the sport... read more
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- Newland Archer: A well-brought up young lawyer, firmly rooted into what is 'proper' for society, engaged to the woman he love's cousin, and he is faced with a dilemma between his moral standing and his love for Ellen.
- Ellen Olenska: A divorced free spirit in the all-proper society of New York. She is a victim of this society, and tries to break away with as little losses as possible. She too is divided between her love for Archer and doing the right thing.
- May Welland: Archer Newland's fiancée and Ellen's cousin. A proper society lady.
- Mrs. Manson Mingott: The matriarch of the powerful Mingott family, and grandmother to Ellen and May.
- Mrs. Welland: May's mother.
- Mr. Welland: May's weak-willed father.
- Lawrence Lefferts: An expert on manners in New York society.
- Sillerton Jackson: An expert on the families in New York society.
- Julius Beaufort: An arrogant banker.
- Regina Beaufort: Julius Beaufort's wife and Mrs. Manson Mingott's niece.
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- Janey Archer
- Marchioness Medora Manson: The aunt who raised Ellen and took her to Europe as a child.
- Henry van der Luyden: He and his wife are the most powerful people in New York society.
- Louisa van der Luyden
- Dallas Archer
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This book is in Norton Critical Editions. (edition-based publisher list)
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- Edith Wharton (Author)
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Page Count: 336
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- Dewey: 813.52
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- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › Classics › Wharton, Edith
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