The age of innocence

R$ 110,90

Sinopse

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence is a poignant tale of love and desire set against the backdrop of Gilded Age New York, brought to life in this stunning clothbound edition from Macmillan Collector's Library. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful hardbacks make perfect gifts for book lovers or wonderful additions to your own collection.This edition features an introduction by award-winning novelist Rachel Cusk, author of Outline. Born into a life of sumptuous privilege and strict duty as the scion of one of New York's leading families, Newland Archer finds his path questioned with the arrival of the free-spirited Countess Olenska and her clouds of European sophistication. As his fascination with her grows, he discovers the bonds of the society that shaped him are not so easily escaped.The Age of Innocence is at once a satirical record of a now-vanished world, and a timeless story of frustrated love. It was the inspiration for Martin Scorsese's film of the same name, starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Winona Ryder.

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Autor: Edith Wharton

Autor

EDITH WHARTON

Edith Wharton (Nova York, 1862-1937) pertencia a uma das famílias mais ilustres de Nova York. Em 1905, com o romance best-seller The House of Mirth, demonstrou sua capacidade de agradar o grande público. Ao longo da vida, publicou mais de quarenta títulos, entre romances, contos, poesias e ensaios. A época da inocência, de 1920, é sua obra mais famosa, com a qual venceu o prêmio Pulitzer, em 1921.