The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton's most famous novel, written immediately after the end of the First World War, is a brilliantly realized anatomy of New York society in the 1870s. The charming Newland Archer is content to live within its constraints until he meets Ellen Olenska, whose arrival threatens his impending marriage as well as his comfortable future.

Cel mai faimos roman al lui Edith Wharton, scris imediat dupa sfarsitul Primului Razboi Mondial, este o anatomie realizata cu brio a societatii din New York din anii 1870. Fermecatorul Newland Archer se multumeste sa traiasca in limitele sale pana cand o intalneste pe Ellen Olenska, a carei sosire ii ameninta casatoria iminenta, precum si viitorul sau confortabil.