Pure Age (Selected Foreign Literature of the 20th Century)

Author: (American) Wharton
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Publish Date: 2005-10-01
Features: The Age of Innocence is a story about men, but the story of women is undoubtedly embedded within it. Through the character of Ellen, the author portrays the oppression and rebellion of women. At the beginning of the story, Ellen, who lives in Europe, resolutely leaves her morally corrupt husband and returns to the "relatives" and "friends." It is worth noting that The Age of Innocence was originally a portrait of a girl hanging in the National Museum. The Age of Innocence was written in an era when an old way of life was collapsing. Wharton returns to the past she once rejected in her work and attempts to reconcile with it. After the bloody devastation brought by World War I to humanity, she reflects on the past stable era and longs for a stable future that includes self-fulfillment and security. Wharton's novel, written during a period of social transformation at the turn of the 20th century, is an extremely important work in the history of American literature. She has won the love of readers with the humanistic spirit and artistic charm she portrays. The novel depicts the customs of the upper class in old New York, with the story set from the late 1870s to the early 20th century. It is a story about men, but the story of women is also embedded within it, as the author portrays the oppression and rebellion of women through the character of Ellen. This book is in English.