The Age of Innocence -

Edith Wharton

CRW Publishing

2004

380 páginas

12h 40m

ISBN-10: 1904633641

As the scion of one of New York's leading families, Newland Archer has been born into a life of sumptuous privilege and strict duty. Sensitive and intelligent, he respects the rigid social codes of his class, and is thankful that his forthcoming marriage to May Welland is to 'one of his own kind'. But the arrival of the Countess Olenska, a free spirit who breathes clouds of European sophistication, makes him question the path on which his upbringing has set him. As his fascination with her grows he discovers how difficult it is to escape the bounds of the society that has shaped him.

Resenhas (5)

4 (Muito bom)

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Uma história envolvente, e um retrato provocante de uma sociedade cujas normas simultaneamente sufocam o protagonista e dão os alicerces de sua vida. Dito isso, o drama interno do personagem principal é o que dá grande parte do tom da história -- sendo o romance o elemento que atiça sua inquietude.