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Revisiting Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence . Set in the 1870s Gilded Age, it’s a masterclass in the "effusion-less" violence of high society. Newland Archer is caught between the "safe" innocence of May Welland and the scandalous, worldly freedom of Countess Ellen Olenska.

Spent my morning in 1870s New York. ☕️📖 Currently obsessed with the Oxford World's Classics lineup—this edition of Wharton’s Pulitzer Prize winner is as beautiful as the prose is cutting. The Age of Innocence (Oxford World's Classics)

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"The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!" 🥀 Spent my morning in 1870s New York

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I’m reading the —the introduction by Stephen Orgel and the detailed notes really help peel back the layers of Wharton’s "anthropological" look at Old New York. It’s not just a love story; it’s a dissection of how the tribe protects itself.

You can find new copies at retailers like Books A Million for ~$11 or used copies on Biblio.com starting around $5.