The Age Of Innocence Book Summary. Faust is the opera and the theatregoers are watching the stage, but they are also observing the delicious dramas in the exclusive boxes of old new york's first families. The (un)happy groom is newland archer , initially blissfully engaged to wed may welland , pampered daughter of one of new.
The (un)happy groom is newland archer , initially blissfully engaged to wed may welland , pampered daughter of one of new. Madame olenska is seated on the couch, dressed in an outfit that archer finds somewhat provocative. Augustine with her family and has asked archer to be good to ellen in her absence.
It was her twelfth novel, and was initially serialized in 1920 in four parts, in the magazine pictorial review.
Archer wants to see ellen again, but he learns that ellen has gone to visit the van der luydens at their estate, skuytercliff. These book discussion questions are highly detailed and will ruin plot points, if you have not read the book. The age of innocence, novel by edith wharton, published in 1920. Madame olenska is seated on the couch, dressed in an outfit that archer finds somewhat provocative.