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The Age of Innocence


Book Description
Somewhere in this book, Wharton observes that clever liars always come up with good stories to back up their fabrications, but that really clever liars don't bother to explain anything at all. This is the kind of insight that makes The Age of Innocence so indispensable. Wharton's story of the upper classes of Old New York, and Newland Archer's impossible love for the disgraced Countess Olenska, i... More
Book Information
PublisherOxford University Press Inc
BindingPaperback (128 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages278
ISBN-100199540012
ISBN-13978-0199540013
Publication Date12/15/2008
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About Edith Wharton (Author) : Edith Wharton is a published author of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Edith Wharton include House of Mirth, Age of Innocence the, Ethan Frome (Unabridged).
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About Stephen Orgel (Editor) : Stephen Orgel is a published editor of young adult books. Some of the published credits of Stephen Orgel include The Age of Innocence (Oxford World's Classics), The Sonnets (The Pelican Shakespeare), ... more
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