{"product_id":"the-age-of-innocence-edith-wharton-9781509890033","title":"The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize, Edith Wharton's \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Innocence\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn 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. \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Innocence\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eEdith Wharton was born in 1862 to a prominent and wealthy New York family. In 1885 she married Boston socialite 'Teddy' Wharton but the marriage was unhappy and they divorced in 1913. The couple travelled frequently to Europe and settled in France, where Wharton stayed until her death in 1937. Her first major novel was\u003ci\u003e The House of Mirth \u003c\/i\u003e(1905); many short stories, travel books, memoirs and novels followed, including \u003ci\u003eEthan Frome\u003c\/i\u003e (1911) and \u003ci\u003eThe Reef\u003c\/i\u003e (1912). She was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature with \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Innocence\u003c\/i\u003e (1920) and she was thrice nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. She was also decorated for her humanitarian work during the First World War.\nRachel Cusk read English at New College, Oxford. Her first novel \u003ci\u003e Saving Agnes\u003c\/i\u003e won the Whitbread First Novel Award in 1993. She reviews regularly for \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Hardcover), Englisch, 384 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65807667659101,"sku":"K078895958","price":12.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/7889595800001A.jpg?v=1788483501","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-age-of-innocence-edith-wharton-9781509890033","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}