The Age of Innocence
- Author Edith Wharton
- Narrator Lorna Raver
- Publisher Craig Black
- Publish Date 20 November 2007
- Run Time 11 hours and 46 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Classic fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Historical fiction.
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What to expect
Winner of the first Pulitzer Prize for literature ever awarded to a woman, The Age of Innocence is Edith Wharton’s elegant portrait of desire and betrayal in old New York.
In the highest circle of New York social life during the 1870s, Newland Archer, a young lawyer, prepares to marry the docile May Welland. But before their engagement is announced, he meets the mysterious, nonconformist Countess Ellen Olenska, May’s cousin, who has returned to New York after a long absence. Ellen mirrors his own sense of disillusionment with society and the “good marriage” he is about to embark upon and provokes a moral struggle within him as he continues to go through the motions.
A social commentary of surprising compassion and insight, The Age of Innocence toes the line between the comedy of manners and the tragedy of thwarted love.
Critics Review
“ Lorna Raver manages to present distinctive and perfectly modulated voices for over a dozen characters…Raver is not yet a household name in audiobooks, but she should be. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
“In some ways, Edith Wharton’s classic novel feels more current than ever.”
“Wharton’s characters leap out from the pages and…become very real. You know their hearts, souls, and yearnings and the price they pay for those yearnings.”
| Author | Edith Wharton |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Lorna Raver |
| Duration | 11 hours and 46 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781483089560 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Craig Black |
| Genre | Classic fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Historical fiction |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE, US |
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