# The Age of Innocence

By Edith Wharton.

"The Age of Innocence" by Edith Wharton is a novel published in 1920. Set in 1870s upper-class New York society, it follows Newland Archer, a gentleman lawyer preparing to marry the beautiful but sheltered May Welland. His secure world shifts when May's unconventional cousin, Countess Ellen Olenska, arrives from Europe, fleeing a scandalous marriage. As Newland grows fascinated by Ellen's bold defiance of social rules, he faces an agonizing choice between duty and desire in a world where appearances matter more than truth. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction; Love stories; Domestic fiction; Married people -- Fiction; Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction; Separated people -- Fiction; Upper class -- Fiction

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## Audiobooks of it

- [Age of Innocence](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/679) by Edith Wharton (12 h 33 min, English)
- [Age of Innocence (version 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/4612) by Edith Wharton (9 h 57 min, English)
- [Age of Innocence (Dramatic Reading)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/7069) by Edith Wharton (11 h 19 min, English)

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