VINTAGE CLASSICS : THE AGE OF INNOCENCE PB B FORMAT – EDITH WHARTON-LIONEL SHRIVER

Wharton s dazzling skills as a stylist, creator of character, ironical observer and unveiler of passionate, thwarted emotions have earned her a devoted following’ Sunday Times 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. ‘Wharton evocatively records the high society of New York s gilded age’ Daily Mail