The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

368 Seiten

2006
Penguin Classics (Verlag)
978-0-14-102493-6 (ISBN)

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Newland Archer is going to marry May Welland. It is an excellent match. His fiancee is sweet, pretty - and very conventional. But when May's beautiful cousin arrives in New York after a disastrous marriage, Newland is thrown into confusion by his feelings for her. Will he play it safe? Or will he risk everything for this mysterious woman?

Newland Archer is going to marry May Welland. It is an excellent match. His fiancee is sweet, pretty - and very conventional. The rest of Newland's life has been mapped out for him. But when May's beautiful and exotic cousin arrives in New York after a disastrous marriage, Newland is thrown into confusion by his feelings for her. Will he play it safe? Or will he risk everything - his marriage, his place in society, his future - for this mysterious woman?

Edith Wharton (1862-1937). Wharton gained her first literary success with her book The House Of Mirth (1905). Among Wharton's most famous novels is The Age Of Innocence (1920), which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Other major works include the long tale Ethan Frome (1911) and The Reef (1912). Wharton also wrote poems, essays, travel books and her autobiography, A Backward Glance (1934).

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.4.2006
Reihe/Serie	Penguin Red Classics
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	113 x 183 mm
Gewicht	268 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
	Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
	Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch
Schlagworte	Englisch; Romane/Erzählungen
ISBN-10	0-14-102493-3 / 0141024933
ISBN-13	978-0-14-102493-6 / 9780141024936
Zustand	Neuware