The Age of Innocence centers on an upper-class couple’s impending marriage, and the introduction of the bride’s cousin, plagued by scandal, whose presence threatens their happiness. The novel is noted for attention to detail and its accurate portrayal of how the 19th-century East Coast American upper class lived, as well as for the social tragedy of its plot.
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Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider’s knowledge of the upper class New York ‚aristocracy‘ to realistically portray the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. She was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1921. She was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 1996.
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Sprache Englisch ● Format EPUB ● Seiten 229 ● ISBN 4057664189745 ● Dateigröße 0.6 MB ● Verlag e-artnow ● Ort Prague ● Land CZ ● Erscheinungsjahr 2019 ● herunterladbar 24 Monate ● Währung EUR ● ID 7492122 ● Kopierschutz Soziales DRM