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1、TheAgeofInnocenceEdithWharton(January24,1862–August11,1937)wasanAmericannovelist,shortstorywriter,anddesigner.theintroductionoftheauthor:TheAgeofInnocenceTheAgeofInnocence(1920)isanovelbyEdithWharton,whichwonthe1921PulitzerPrize.ThestoryissetinupperclassNewYorkCityinthe1870s.In1
2、920,TheAgeofInnocencewaspublishedtwice;firstinfourparts,July–October,inthePictorialReviewmagazine,andthenbyD.AppletonandCompanyasabookinNewYorkandinLondon.Plotintroduction:TheAgeofInnocencecentersononesocietycouple'simpending（即将发生的）marriageandtheintroductionofascandalous（可耻的）wom
3、anwhosepresencethreatenstheirhappiness.ThoughthenovelquestionstheassumptionsandmoresofturnofthecenturyNewYorksociety,itneverdevolvesintoanoutrightcondemnationoftheinstitution.Infact,Whartonconsideredthisnovelan"apology"fortheearlier,morebrutalandcritical,"TheHouseofMirth".Nottob
4、eoverlookedistheauthor'sattentiontodetailingthecharmsandcustomsofthiscasteThenovelislaudedforitsaccurateportrayal(准确地描述）ofhowthenineteenth-centuryEastCoastAmericanupperclasslivedandthiscombinedwiththesocialtragedyearnedWhartonaPulitzer-thefirstPulitzerawardedtoawoman.EdithWharto
5、nwasfifty-eightyears-oldatpublication;shelivedinthatworld,andsawitchangedramaticallybytheendofWorldWarI.Thetitleisanironiccommentonthepolished（文雅的）outwardmannersofNewYorksociety,whencomparedtoitsinwardmachinations.PlotsummaryNewlandArcherwasagentlemanlawyerandhisfamilywasoneofth
6、eNewYorkCity'sbestfamilies,Whenhewashappilyanticipatingahighly-desirablemarriagetotheshelteredandbeautifulMayWelland,hesoonfoundareasontodoubthischoiceofbrideaftertheappearanceofCountessEllenOlenska,May'sexotic,beautifulthirty-year-oldcousin,whohadbeenlivinginEurope.Ellenhasretu
7、rnedtoherNewYorkfamilyafterscandalouslyseparatingherselffromabadmarriagetoaPolishCount.MajorcharactersinTheAgeofInnocenceNewlandArcher:Thestory'sprotagonistisayoung,popular,successfullawyerandheliveswithhismotherandsisterinanelegantNewYorkCityhouse.Daretoloveandhate.MayWelland:N
8、ewlandArcher'wife.Raisetobeaperfectwifeandmothe
