The Age of Innocence - Vintage Deco

''We can''t behave like people in novels, though, can we?'' Newland Archer and May Welland are the perfect couple. He is a wealthy young lawyer and she is a lovely and sweet-natured girl. All seems set for success until the arrival of May''s unconventional cousin Ellen Olenska, who returns from Europe without her husband and proceeds to shake up polite New York society. To Newland, she is a breath of fresh air and a free spirit, but the bond that develops between them throws his values into confusion and threatens his relationship with May. VINTAGE DECO: Nine blazing, daring novels to celebrate the 1920s - 100 years on.

Product details

• Authors: Edith Wharton
• Assisted by: Lionel Shriver (Introduction), Shriver Lionel (Introduction)
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.10.2022
• EAN: 9781784878061
• ISBN: 978-1-78487-806-1
• No. of pages: 308
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 199 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Vintage Deco
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; New York, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, FICTION / World Literature / American / 20th Century, Classic fiction: general and literary