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Edith Wharton The Age of Innocence (Illustrated)

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The Age of Innocence: Illustrated by Edith Wharton was first published in 1920, which won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize. Edith Wharton (1862–1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer. The story is set in upper-class New York City in the 1870s. In 1920, The Age of Innocence was serialized in four parts in the Pictorial Review magazine, and later released by D. Appleton and Company as a book in New York and in London. The Age of Innocence centers on an upper-class couple's impending marriage, and the introduction of a woman plagued by scandal whose presence threatens their happiness. Though the novel questions the assumptions and morals of 1870s' New York society, it never devolves into an outright condemnation of the institution. The novel is lauded for its accurate portrayal of how the 19th-century East Coast American upper class lived, and this, combined with the social tragedy, earned Wharton a Pulitzer Prize — the first Pulitzer awarded to a woman. [mehr]

Stichwörter: Edith Wharton, Age of Innocence, Literature, Fiction, Illustrated, Ellen Olenska, May Welland, Mrs. Augusta Welland, Mrs. Manson Mingott, Newland Archer, Pulitzer, Novel, Romance

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Edith Wharton The Age of Innocence

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The Age of Innocence is Edith Wharton's 12th novel, initially serialized in four parts in the Pictorial Review magazine in 1920, and later released by D. Appleton and Company as a book in New York and in London. It won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, making it the first novel written by a woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and making Wharton the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The story is set in upper-class New York City in the 1870s.The Age of Innocence centers on an upper-class couple's impending marriage, and the introduction of a woman plagued by scandal whose presence threatens their happiness. Though the novel questions the assumptions and morals of 1870s' New York society, it never devolves into an outright condemnation of the institution. In fact, Wharton considered this novel an "apology" for her earlier novel, The House of Mirth, which was more brutal and critical. Plot summary Newland Archer, gentleman lawyer and heir to one of New York City's best families, is happily anticipating a highly desirable marriage to the sheltered and beautiful May Welland. Yet he finds reason to doubt his choice of bride after the appearance of Countess Ellen Olenska, May's exotic and beautiful thirty-year-old cousin. Ellen has returned to New York from Europe after scandalously separating herself (per rumor) from a bad marriage to a Polish count. At first, Ellen's arrival and its potential taint on the reputation of his bride-to-be's family disturbs him, but he becomes intrigued by the worldly Ellen, who flouts New York society's fastidious rules. As Newland's admiration for the countess grows, so does his doubt about marrying May, a perfect product of Old New York society; his match with May no longer seems the ideal fate he had imagined. [mehr]

Stichwörter: The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton

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lola kiki May

- im Gefächt mit der Hölle

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Durch einen Umzug, den ihre Eltern ohne große Argumente veranstaltete, veränderte sich May´s Leben in alle Himmelsrichtungen [mehr]

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Louisa May Alcott May Flowers

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Being Boston girls, of course they got up a club for mental improvement, and, as they were all descendants of the Pilgrim Fathers, they called it the May Flower Club. A very good name, and the six young girls who were members of it made a very pretty posy when they met together, once a week, to sew, and read well-chosen books. At the first meeting of the season, after being separated all summer, there was a good deal of gossip to be attended to before the question, "What shall we read?" came up for serious discussion. [mehr]

Stichwörter: May Flowers, Louisa May Alcott, May Flowers By Louisa May Alcott

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Ralph Waldo Emerson May-Day

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Daughter of Heaven and Earth, coy Spring, With sudden passion languishing, Maketh all things softly smile, Painteth pictures mile on mile, Holds [mehr]

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Anna H Dorsey May Brooke

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A black, sullen day in March. Rain and vapour. No movement in the air. The horizon is veiled [mehr]

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Anna H Dorsey May Brooke

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Do you think they will be here to-night, sir?" "Don't know, and don't care." "The road is very bad,"--after a [mehr]

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Ulf Heimann Karl May

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Deutsch
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Karl May, wer kennt diesen Autor nicht? Seine spannenden Abenteuer und Geschichten hat wohl jeder gerne gelesen oder [mehr]

Stichwörter: Karl May, Indianer, Cowboys, Abenteuer

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Peter Barns 7 Days In May

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2 Wörter
Ab 16 Jahren
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How far would you go to save your family? Marine biologist, Alex Winters, is about to find out. When a secret experiment goes terribly wrong Dawn Winters is trapped, her life is in danger and Alex is the only one who can rescue her. While Alex battles to reach her, Dawn and virologist Sheena McKenzie make their own voyage of discovery. Until Gonzalez, an American mercenary arrives to clean things up for his paymaster. And the bodies begin to mount. [mehr]

Stichwörter: thriller, experiment, cats

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Susanne von Bandemer An den May

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