The age of innocence / Wharton, Edith

A portrayal of New York society in the 1870's where money counted for less than manners and morals.

A portrayal of New York society in the 1870s where money counted for less than manners and morals.

Newland Archer, a young lawyer in upper-crust 1870's New York, becomes a victim of social expectations and restrictions when he becomes infatuated with his docile fiancee's nonconformist cousin, Countess Ellen Olenska.

A portrayal of New York society in the 1870s where money counted for less than manners and morals.