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Description
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
Cast of Characters/Important People
- Newland Archer: Protagonist of the story. Acts in accordance with custom, expectations of New York society.
- Ellen Olenska: Divorced, free-spirited cousin of May Welland.
- May Welland: Newland Archer's fiancee then bride. Ellen's cousin.
- Mrs. Manson Mingott: Powerful matriarch of the Mingott family. May and Ellen's grandmother.
- Mr. and Mrs. van der Luyden: Most powerful people in New York Society. Cousins of the Archer family.
- Lawrence Leferts: One of Newland's social circle. An expert on manners.
- Mr. Sillerton Jackson: Add a description of this character.
- Mrs. Archer
- Mr. Beaufort
- Marchioness Medora Manson: Took Ellen to Europe as a child.
- Fanny Beaufort
- Mrs. Lemuel Struthers
- Regina Beaufort
- Augusta Welland
Memorable Quotes
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“but the van der Luydens, who stood above all of them, had faded into a kind of super-terrestrial twilight, from which only two figures impressively emerged; those of Mr. and Mrs. Henry van der Luyden.”
First Sentence
On a January evening of the early seventies, Christine Nilsson was singing in Faust at the Academy of Music in New York.
Table of Contents
Authors & Contributors
- Edith Wharton (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Cynthia Griffin Wolff (Editor)
- Chris Duke (Illustrator)
- Regina Wharton (Introduction)
- Judith Barreca (Afterword)
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