The Age of Innocence
- Auteur: Edith Wharton (Verenigde Staten)
- Soort boek Amerikaanse roman uit 1920
- Taal: Engels
- Nederlandse vertaling: De jaren van onschuld
- Uitgever: Penguin
- Omvang: 368 pagina’s
- Uitgave: gebonden boek / paperback / ebook
- Waardering redactie: ∗∗∗∗∗ (uitstekend)
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
Edith Wharton The Age of Innocence recensie, review en informatie
- “With uncharacteristic obtuseness, Wharton goes on to describe James’s profound puzzlement at her words – for the void that Wharton describes is, of course, not James’s but her own, and it is precisely where she has pruned the fringes of naturalism most ruthlessly that she achieves her most powerful and individual effects. Her strongest work.” (The New York Times)
Flaptekst van de roman uit 1920 van Edith Wharton
The return of the beautiful Countess Olenska into the rigidly conventional society of New York sends reverberations throughout the upper reaches of society.
Newland Archer, an eligible young man of the establishment is about to announce his engagement to May Welland, a pretty ingénue, when May’s cousin, Countess Olenska, is introduced into their circle. The Countess brings with her an aura of European sophistication and a hint of scandal, having left her husband and claimed her independence.
Her sorrowful eyes, her tragic worldliness and her air of unapproachability attract the sensitive Newland and, almost against their will, a passionate bond develops between them. But Archer’s life has no place for passion and, with society on the side of May and all she stands for, he finds himself drawn into a bitter conflict between love and duty.
Edith Wharton was born in New York City on January 24, 1862. Edith married Teddy Wharton, who was 12 years older. They lived a 
life of relative ease with homes in New York, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. Edith became a prolific writer and produced over 40 books in 40 years.
Edith divorced Teddy in 1912, having no immediate heirs, and never married again. She was the first woman awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Yale University, and a full membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her novels became so popular that Ms. Wharton was able to live comfortably on her earnings the rest of her life. Edith continued to write until a stroke took her life on 11 August 1937 in Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, France.