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The Age of Innocence by Edith WHARTON (1862 - 1937)
Genre(s): Romance

Read by: Brenda Dayne in English

Parts:
Part 2 https://youtu.be/IwoFWZDo33E

Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Chapter 01
00:19:13 - 02 - Chapter 02
00:34:38 - 03 - Chapter 03
00:52:06 - 04 - Chapter 04
01:05:03 - 05 - Chapter 05
01:26:50 - 06 - Chapter 06
01:46:10 - 07 - Chapter 07
02:01:13 - 08 - Chapter 08
02:18:52 - 09 - Chapter 09
02:46:33 - 10 - Chapter 10
03:08:25 - 11 - Chapter 11
03:26:55 - 12 - Chapter 12
03:53:44 - 13 - Chapter 13
04:10:02 - 14 - Chapter 14
04:26:41 - 15 - Chapter 15
04:51:04 - 16 - Chapter 16
05:13:06 - 17 - Chapter 17
05:34:30 - 18 - Chapter 18
06:01:16 - 19 - Chapter 19
06:27:49 - 20 - Chapter 20
06:55:50 - 21 - Chapter 21
07:27:17 - 22 - Chapter 22
07:46:08 - 23 - Chapter 23
08:08:33 - 24 - Chapter 24
08:21:32 - 25 - Chapter 25
08:43:03 - 26 - Chapter 26
09:08:01 - 27 - Chapter 27
09:24:53 - 28 - Chapter 28
09:40:08 - 29 - Chapter 29
09:57:42 - 30 - Chapter 30

In an era before the advent of electric lights, telephones or motor vehicles, there exists a small cluster of aristocratic 'old revolutionary stock' families that rule New York's social life. Under the rules of this society, 'being things' is better than 'doing things' and reputation and outward appearances come at the exclusion of everything else. In this Gilded Age, when America's expansion and increased industrialism produce a group of newly wealthy robber barons and financiers, the patient, time-honored values of the old ruling class, and century, are giving way to the expediencies of the new. Caught at this cusp, a triangle of lovers, who must choose between the expectations of family and society, and the deepest yearnings of the heart.Newly engaged couple, Newland Archer, a young lawyer, and May Welland, a society debutante, are part of the old world, where the 'right people' follow the 'correct rules' and marry into 'acceptable families.' The arrival from Europe of May's cousin, the Countess Ellen Olenska, complicates their union, as Ellen's mysterious past threatens to cast a shadow of scandal over the newly betrothed couple. Newland Archer, at first critical of Ellen's bohemian lifestyle, and her seemingly wilful ignorance of the rules and customs of his Old New York, is soon captivated by Ellen's warmth, spirit, and her generous and loving heart. Will he cast off the life for which he's been groomed, or sacrifice happiness for duty and the greater good of the social order?(Summary by Brenda Dayne)

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