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The Age of Innocence

By: Edith Wharton
Narrated by: Gayle Hunnicutt
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Wharton's novel The Age of Innocence is set against an exclusive society background in which she reveals how Newland Archer is often the victim of, rather than the key player in, the events. The plot is constructed on a pattern of ironic misunderstandings: for example, Newland is unaware that Ellen's decision not to sue for divorce was for his and May's sake rather than to conceal her past. Furthermore, Newland remains largely blind to the manipulations of a wife he persists in seeing as innocent and naive.

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1921
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It's a finding one's self, coming of age story that is so charming and lovable that I would read definitely read this again.

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