The Age of Innocence / Edith Wharton

Public ISBD Titre : The Age of Innocence Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Edith Wharton (1862-1937), Auteur Editeur : Londres : Harper Press Année de publication : 2010 Collection : Collins classics Importance : 1 vol. (322 p.) Présentation : couv. ill. en coul. Format : 18 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-00-736864-8 Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. '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. The Age of Innocence [texte imprimé] / Edith Wharton (1862-1937), Auteur . - Londres : Harper Press, 2010 . - 1 vol. (322 p.) : couv. ill. en coul. ; 18 cm. - (Collins classics) . ISBN : 978-0-00-736864-8 Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. '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.

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The age of innocence / Edith Wharton

Public ISBD Titre : The age of innocence Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Edith Wharton (1862-1937) Editeur : Vintage Classics Library Année de publication : 2019 Importance : 308 p. Présentation : Couv. ill. en couv. Format : 18 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-78487-574-9 Note générale : Previous Penguin edition originally published in 1996. "First published in the United States of America by D. Appleton and Company, 1920"-- Title page verso. Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : 813/. Résumé : "The return of the beautiful Countess Olenska into the rigidly conventional society of New York sends reverberations throughout the upper reaches of society. Newland Archer, an eligible young man of the establishment is about to announce his engagement to May Welland, a pretty ingÐenue, when May's cousin, Countess Olenska, is introduced into their circle. The Countess brings with her an aura of European sophistication and a hint of scandal, having left her husband and claimed her independence. Her sorrowful eyes, her tragic worldliness and her air of unapproachability attract the sensitive Newland and, almost against their will, a passionate bond develops between them. But Archer's life has no place for passion and, with society on the side of May and all she stands for, he finds himself drawn into a bitter conflict between love and duty"-- The age of innocence [texte imprimé] / Edith Wharton (1862-1937) . - Vintage Classics Library, 2019 . - 308 p. : Couv. ill. en couv. ; 18 cm. ISBN : 978-1-78487-574-9 Previous Penguin edition originally published in 1996. "First published in the United States of America by D. Appleton and Company, 1920"-- Title page verso. Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : 813/. Résumé : "The return of the beautiful Countess Olenska into the rigidly conventional society of New York sends reverberations throughout the upper reaches of society. Newland Archer, an eligible young man of the establishment is about to announce his engagement to May Welland, a pretty ingÐenue, when May's cousin, Countess Olenska, is introduced into their circle. The Countess brings with her an aura of European sophistication and a hint of scandal, having left her husband and claimed her independence. Her sorrowful eyes, her tragic worldliness and her air of unapproachability attract the sensitive Newland and, almost against their will, a passionate bond develops between them. But Archer's life has no place for passion and, with society on the side of May and all she stands for, he finds himself drawn into a bitter conflict between love and duty"--

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