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The Age of Innocence is a 1920 novel by American author Edith Wharton. It was her eighth novel, and was initially serialized in 1920 in four parts, in the magazine Pictorial Review. Later that year, it was released as a book by D. Appleton & Company.
The Age of Innocence is a 1993 American historical romantic drama film directed by Martin Scorsese. The screenplay, an adaptation of the 1920 novel of the same name by Edith Wharton, is by Scorsese and Jay Cocks. The film stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, and Miriam Margolyes, and was released by Columbia Pictures.
Oct 1, 1993 · The Age of Innocence: Directed by Martin Scorsese. With Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, Linda Faye Farkas. A tale of nineteenth-century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.
Aug 14, 2005 · The story: Newland Archer (Daniel Day Lewis) is planning a proper marriage to the respectable society virgin May Welland ( Winona Ryder ). Then the Countess Ellen Olenska ( Michelle Pfeiffer) returns to New York, and her presence stirs him beyond all measure. Ellen is an American, May's cousin, who unwisely married a Polish count.
Jun 5, 2024 · The Age of Innocence, novel by Edith Wharton, published in 1920. The work presents a picture of upper-class New York society in the late 19th century. The story is presented as a kind of anthropological study of this society through references to the families and their activities as tribal.
Archer notices a strange woman in May’s opera box and realizes that it’s her cousin, Ellen Olenska. It’s daring of May’s family to bring Ellen to the opera, since she has been involved in a scandal. She left her cruel husband, and it’s rumored that she had an affair with his secretary.
Winner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize, The Age of Innocence is Edith Wharton’s masterful portrait of desire and betrayal during the sumptuous Golden Age of Old New York, a time when society people “dreaded scandal more than disease.”
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May 1, 1996 · The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton. Read now or download (free!) Similar Books. Readers also downloaded… In Movie Books. In Bestsellers, American, 1895-1923. About this eBook. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
5 days ago · The Age of Innocence presents two different versions of femininity. Ellen Olenska is looked down on and shunned by New York society for her outspoken opinions and quick wit. May Welland is the ...
