Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate? In one of the very first pages we are told that Archer was “at heart a dilettante, and thinking over a pleasure to come often gave him a subtler satisfaction than its realisation”.
Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our Community Guidelines. The most insightful comments on all subjects will be published daily in dedicated articles. Archer, through the tumultuous passion he harbours towards Countess Olenska, seeks to escape, if not transcend, from the artificiality and limitations he perceives within his society.
While Archer’s relationship to May seems to consist of perfunctory speeches (ones which, much to Archer’s displeasure, echo those between May’s own parents), his interactions with Countess Olenska are often ‘clandestine’, which is why they leave such a lasting impression on him. The review of this Book prepared by Christine Hung. The Age of Innocence features photography by Neil Leifer, Peter Robinson, Gerry Cranham, Terry O’Neill, Volker Hinz, Jerry Cooke, Harry Benson, Sven Simon, and many others, as well as essays from award-winning writers Rob Hughes, David Goldblatt, Brian Glanville, and Barney Ronay.
They always perceive something or someone to be in the way of a possible future together (May, Count Olenski, the Mingotts, the scandal itself). Yet, he soon becomes intrigued by the way in which Countess Ellen Olenska seems either oblivious or uncaring of the rules of civility that dictated New York during the 1870s. In spite of his dishonesty readers will find it difficult to condemn or judge Archer.
The novel examines the way in which desire and happiness are obstructed and influenced by social conventions and notions of duty (what Archer wants for himself vs. what society wants for Archer). The Age Of Innocence: Football in the 1970s, edited by Reuel Golden, You may not agree with our views, or other users’, but please respond to them respectfully, Swearing, personal abuse, racism, sexism, homophobia and other discriminatory or inciteful language is not acceptable, Do not impersonate other users or reveal private information about third parties, We reserve the right to delete inappropriate posts and ban offending users without notification. Wharton’s rendition of 1870s New York is a strikingly nostalgic one. Change ), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. A summary of Part X (Section1) in Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence.
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