The Age Of Innocence

The Story

Newland Archer, one of the most elegant bachelors in snobbish New York society, is betrothed to May Welland, a match that everyone agrees will be a perfect one. Then May's cousin, Countess Ellen Olenska, returns to town. Recently divorced, the countess scandalizes proper society with her exotic European manners. But for Newland, she is everything that May is not: worldly, passionate, and sophisticated. Newland must make a choice: Should he honor his commitment to marry May? Or doom his standing in society by pursuing Ellen? -- back cover.

A paperback edition from 1999 of The Age Of Innocence by Edith Wharton. It runs to 340 pages, in fine condition. We hold one copy, so once it is gone it is gone. Shelved under Biography & Memoir. Wrapped with care for collectors and shipped from Kuwait.