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The Age of Innocence (Diversion Classics) - cover

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The Age of Innocence (Diversion Classics)

Edith Wharton

Publisher: Diversion Books

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Featuring an appendix of discussion questions, the Diversion Classics edition is ideal for use in book groups and classrooms.Thrilled by his engagement to the beautiful May Welland, Newland Archer is ready to take his place among New York City's elite society. But when May's cousin Ellen arrives, fleeing a scandal in Europe, Newland's happiness, status, and marriage are threatened. With this rich exploration of life in New York during the Gilded Age, Edith Wharton became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Available since: 12/15/2015.

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