Au temps de l'innocence by Edith Wharton
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"Au temps de l'innocence" by Edith Wharton is a novel published in 1920. Set in 1870s New York high society, it follows Newland Archer, a gentleman lawyer anticipating marriage to the beautiful May Welland. His certainty wavers when May's cousin, the scandalous Countess Ellen Olenska, returns from Europe after separating from her husband. As Newland grows fascinated by Ellen's bold defiance of social conventions, he must choose 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 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Saint-René Taillandier, Madeleine Marie Louise Chevrillon, 1865-1959 |
| Uniform Title | The age of innocence. French |
| Title | Au temps de l'innocence |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Age_of_Innocence Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Temps_de_l%27innocence_(roman) |
| Credits |
Produced by Laura Natal Rodrigues at Free Literature (Images generously made available by Wikisource.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 71.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| 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. | 62147 |
| Release Date | May 16, 2020 |
| Last Update | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 515 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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