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Autore |
Wharton Edith <1862-1937, > |
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Titolo |
The age of innocence / / Edith Wharton |
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New York, New York : , : Open Road Media, , 2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (409 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Upper class |
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) |
Social norms |
Separated women |
Married people |
New York (N.Y.) Fiction |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover Page; Title Page; Book I; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; IX; X; XI; XII; XIII; XIV; XV; XVI; XVII; XVIII; Book II; XIX; XX; XXI; XXII; XXIII; XXIV; XXV; XXVI; XXVII; XXVIII; XXIX; XXX; XXXI; XXXII; XXXIII; XXXIV; Copyright Page |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of desire and duty in Gilded Age New YorkA respected lawyer and scion of one of Manhattan's most important families, Newland Archer knows what people expect of him and is eager to comply. The first step on the path to happiness is to wed May Welland, a beautiful young woman of fine social standing. But the arrival of the worldly and exotic Countess Olenska, May's cousin, changes everything. Ellen Olenska's scandalous intention to divorce her husband, a Polish nobleman, is so far outside the realm of Newland's experience that he cannot help but be fascinated by |
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