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The Age of Innocence
de Edith Wharton
- Usado
- as new
- Tapa blanda
- First
- Estado
- As New
- ISBN 10
- 0140282165
- ISBN 13
- 9780140282160
- Librería
-
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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Sobre este artículo
1st printing thus. As New softcover. Bright, clean, square covers and spine; tightly bound; bright, crisp, clean interior. 8vo, 280 pp. This is a new, unread book.
Sinopsis
Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence is set in upper-class New York City in the 1870s, during the so-called Gilded Age. The novel, which takes its title from artist Joshua Reynolds’ 1785 painting of a little girl, focuses on impending marriage of an upper-class couple: Newland Archer, a distinguished lawyer, and the shy, but lovely May Welland. Enter the bride's cousin, Ellen Olenska, plagued by a scandalous separation from her European husband, a Polish count. The presence of Ellen, a classic femme fatale, threatens the happiness of Newland and May. However, May’s determination must not be undermined as she proceeds to use everything in her power to ensure her marriage to Newland. Though the novel questions the assumptions and morals of the Gilded Age, it never explicitly condemns the era. …And perhaps it should have. The Age of Innocence won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, making Wharton the first woman to win the prize; however, upon being awarded the honor, the novel was praised as “best present[ing] the wholesome atmosphere of American life and the highest standard of American manners and manhood.” Many claimed that even Wharton was taken aback when reviewers failed to see the irony of the title and her social criticism of 1870s New York society. Of the many film, television, and theatrical adaptations of The Age of Innocence, perhaps most notable is the 1993 film of the same name, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Michelle Pfeiffer as Countess Ellen Olenska, Daniel Day-Lewis as Newland Archer, and Winona Ryder as May Welland Archer. The film won an Oscar for costume design and Ryder was not only nominated for an Oscar, but won a Golden Globe Award for her portrayal of May Welland Archer. The Age of Innocence is ranked 58th on Modern Library’s “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century and 45th on The Guardian’s list of the 100 best novels.
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- Librería
- Madden Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- B01311
- Título
- The Age of Innocence
- Autor
- Edith Wharton
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo As New
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 0140282165
- ISBN 13
- 9780140282160
- Editorial
- Penguin Books
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1999-02-01
- Palabras clave
- CLASSICS; FICTION; NEW YORK; YORK (N.Y.); (STATE); UPPER CLASS
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Fiction, Literature, Sociology;
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I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
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