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1、TheAgeofInnocenceWharton,EdithPublished:1920Categorie(s):FictionSource:Wikisource1AboutWharton:EdithWharton(January24,1862–August11,1937)wasanAmericannovelist,shortstorywriter,anddesigner.AlsoavailableonFeedbooksforWharton:•EthanFrome(1911)•TheHouseofMirth(1905)•Summer(19
2、17)•TwilightSleep(1927)•TheCustomoftheCountry(1913)•TheTouchstone(1900)•TheValleyofDecision(1902)•TheChildren(1928)•Sanctuary(1903)•TheReef(1912)Copyright:ThisworkisavailableforcountrieswherecopyrightisLife+70andintheUSA.Note:ThisbookisbroughttoyoubyFeedbookshttp://www.fe
3、edbooks.comStrictlyforpersonaluse,donotusethisfileforcommercialpurposes.2Part13Chapter1OnaJanuaryeveningoftheearlyseventies,ChristineNilssonwassinginginFaustattheAcademyofMusicinNewYork.Thoughtherewasalreadytalkoftheerection,inremotemetropolitandistances"abovetheForties,"
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