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The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton (1920)
Newland Archer is engaged to the perfect May Welland but falls passionately in love with her unconventional cousin, the Countess Olenska. Set in 1870s New York high society, a devastating portrait of how social conventions destroy authentic feeling.
Historical Significance:
Edith Wharton became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction with The Age of Innocence in 1921. She wrote the novel in her 50s, looking back at the Gilded Age Ne...
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Newland Archer is engaged to the perfect May Welland but falls passionately in love with her unconventional cousin, the Countess Olenska. Set in 1870s New York high society, a devastating portrait of how social conventions destroy authentic feeling.
Historical Significance:
Edith Wharton became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction with The Age of Innocence in 1921. She wrote the novel in her 50s, looking back at the Gilded Age Ne...
Read free on BoingyBooks: https://boingybooks.com/marketplace/product.php?id=100
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