The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
"The Age of Innocence" by Edith Wharton is a novel published in 1920. Set in 1870s upper-class New York society, it follows Newland Archer, a gentleman lawyer preparing to marry the beautiful but sheltered May Welland. His secure world shifts when May's unconventional cousin, Countess Ellen Olenska, arrives from Europe, fleeing a scandalous marriage. As Newland grows fascinated by Ellen's bold defiance of social rules, he faces an agonizing choice between duty
and desire in a world where appearances matter more than truth. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 |
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| Title | The Age of Innocence |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Age_of_Innocence |
| Credits | Produced by Judith Boss and Charles Keller. HTML version by Al Haines. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 68.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Love stories |
| Subject | Domestic fiction |
| Subject | Married people -- Fiction |
| Subject | Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Separated people -- Fiction |
| Subject | Upper class -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 541 |
| Release Date | May 1, 1996 |
| Most Recently Updated | Feb 7, 2026 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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