Tale of the manners and morals of New York society in the later 1800s. Newland Archer is a young attorney, handsome and eligible. Torn between his socially acceptable fiancee and the more earthy attractions of Countess Olenska, Archer is truly on the horns of a dilemma. The plot is unobvious, delicately developed, with a fine finale that exquisitely satisfies one's sense of fitness, and as always with Edith Wharton, the drama of character is greater than that of event.
year: 1998, 2008, 1996, 1992, 1968, 2006, 1993, 1997, 1995, 1999, 1943, 1920, 1978, 1948, 2010
call number/section: 1000, 813.52
subjects: man-woman relationships, new york (n.y.), fiction, married people, upper class, man-woman relationship, new york (n.y.), social life and customs, fiction, triangles (interpersonal relations), interpersonal relations, separated people, new york, marriage, love stories, upper class, new york (n.y.), 19th century, american literature - 19th century, upper classes, fiction, domestic fiction, romance fiction, love, romance fiction, 19th century, audiobooks
Editions
Wharton, Edith
Tor (1998)
A portrayal of New York society in the 1870s where money counted for less than manners and morals.
Schools: 0
Wharton, Edith
Everyman's Library/A.A. Knopf (2008)
Newland Archer, a young lawyer in upper-crust 1870's New York, becomes a victim of social expectations and restrictions when he becomes infatuated with his docile fiancee's nonconformist cousin, Countess Ellen Olenska.
Schools: 2
Wharton, Edith
Barnes & Noble Books (1996)
Schools: 4
Wharton, Edith
Maxwell Macmilan International (1992)
A portrayal of New York society in the 1870s where money counted for less than manners and morals.
Schools: 1
Wharton, Edith
Scribner (1968)
A portrayal of New York society in the 1870's where money counted for less than manners and morals.
Schools: 0
Wharton, Edith
Oxford University Press (2006)
Schools: 1
Wharton, Edith
Maxwell Macmillan International (1993)
New York socialite Newland Archer has found his perfect match in sweet-tempered and stable May Archer, his fiance, yet finds himself drawn to Countess Elena Olenska, a socially ostracized divorcee.
Schools: 1
Wharton, Edith
General Publishing Company (1997)
Schools: 1
Wharton, Edith
Pocket Books (1995)
Brilliant portrayal of New York society in the 1870s where money counted for less than manners and morals.
Schools: 0
Wharton, Edith
Penguin (1999)
Engaged to the docile May Welland, Newland Archer falls madly in love with the nonconformist Countess Olenska, an older woman with a reputation, but his allegiance to the social code of their set makes their love an impossibility.
Schools: 0
Wharton, Edith
The Modern library (1943)
Schools: 0
Wharton, Edith
The Modern library (1943)
Schools: 0
Wharton, Edith
Charles Scribners Sons (1920)
Schools: 0
Wharton, Edith
Scribner (1978)
Schools: 0
Wharton, Edith
Grosset and Dunlap (1920)
Schools: 0
Wharton, Edith
Charles Scribner (1920)
Desire and betrayal in old New York. A look at thwarted love and passions of the human heart. This novel won the first Pulitzer prize given to a woman.
Schools: 0
Wharton, Edith
Modern Library (1948)
Schools: 0
Wharton, Edith
Harper Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers (2010)
A portrayal of New York society in the 1870s where money counted for less than manners and morals.
Schools: 1
Wharton, Edith
Modern Library (1948)
Schools: 0
Wharton, Edith
Newland Archer, a young lawyer in upper-crust 1870's New York, becomes a victim of social expectations and restrictions when he becomes infatuated with his docile fiancee's nonconformist cousin, Countess Ellen Olenska.
Schools: 1
Wharton, Edith
A portrayal of New York society in the 1870s where money counted for less than manners and morals.
Schools: 15
Wharton, Edith
The Modern library (1943)
Schools: 1
Wharton, Edith
Scribner (1978)
Schools: 1
Wharton, Edith
A portrayal of New York society in the 1870s where money counted for less than manners and morals.
Schools: 1
Wharton, Edith
Tale of the manners and morals of New York society in the later 1800s. Newland Archer is a young attorney, handsome and eligible. Torn between his socially acceptable fiancee and the more earthy attractions of Countess Olenska, Archer is truly on the horns of a dilemma. The plot is unobvious, delicately developed, with a fine finale that exquisitely satisfies one's sense of fitness, and as always with Edith Wharton, the drama of character is greater than that of event.
Schools: 1
Wharton, Edith
Charles Scribner (1920)
Desire and betrayal in old New York. A look at thwarted love and passions of the human heart. This novel won the first Pulitzer prize given to a woman.
Schools: 1