Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton's Age of Innocence

The disturbing Countess Olenska returns from Europe to the friendly world of strict social conventions, in which the disturbing Countess Olenska returns from Europe, apparently without friction or inconvenience. Independent, daring, "different", Ellen will soon involve her young cousin Newland Archer in her mystery and will helplessly disturb the charm of a social life that voluntarily ignores its impending end. At the bottom of this extraordinary story of great passion lies the conflict between two worlds: that of the old American "patrician" families and that of the new rich, who, by the end of the novel, have already taken over customs and the spirits. Martin Scorsese extracted from The Age of Innocence a beautiful film starring Michelle Pfeiffer, in the role of Countess Olenska, Daniel Day-Lewis and Winona Ryder. A romance novel that will catch you from beginning to end. Why buy this book: Because this romantic romance of the time is not like the others, it has characters, context and details that will immerse you in the depths of this wonderful world, one of those books to start and not leave until you finish reading it