Description
An elegant portrait of desire and betrayal in Old New York. In the highest circle of New York social life during the 1870's, Newland Archer, a young lawyer, prepares to marry the docile May Welland. Before their engagement is announced, he meets May's cousin, the mysterious, nonconformist Countess Ellen Olenska, who has returned to New York after a long absence. Archer's world is always changing.
Awards
Pulitzer Prize (Winner — Novel — 1921)
Audie Award (Finalist — 2009)
Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List (78 — 2009)
NEA Big Read (2009)
Media reviews
A larger life and more tolerant views: That’s the greatest promise the novel holds out to us, and it’s as necessary now as it was when Edith Wharton put it into words.