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Edith Wharton The Age of Innocence

Fiction
English
101394 Words
No Age Recommendation
482
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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. [more]

Keywords: The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton

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Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner The Gilded Age: Complete

Fiction
English
156868 Words
No Age Recommendation
294
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The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today is an 1873 novel by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner that satirizes greed and political corruption in post-Civil War America in the era now referred to as the Gilded Age. Although not one of Twain's best-known works, it has appeared in more than one hundred editions since its original publication. Twain and Warner originally had planned to issue the novel with illustrations by Thomas Nast. The book is remarkable for two reasons–-it is the only novel Twain wrote with a collaborator, and its title very quickly became synonymous with graft, materialism, and corruption in public life. [more]

Keywords: The Gilded Age, Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner

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Rittik Chandra The Age of Innocence

Romance
English
66406 Words
Ages 16 and up
235
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"The Age of Innocence" is a humorous novel by Rittik Chandra that gently satirizes first love. It is not only a skillful analysis of adolescent love, it is, with all its side-splitting mirth, a tragedy. No mature person who reads this novel will ever seriously regret his lost youth or wish he were young again. It is a humorous and touching story of adolescence. It has a touch of immortality that most popular works lack. Fundamentally it is true. [more]

Keywords: The Age of Innocence, romance, love, romantic, novel, innocence

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Mark Twain The Gilded Age

History
English
156825 Words
Ages 12 and up
251
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In United States history, the Gilded Age is a period approximately spanning the final three decades of the nineteenth century; from the 1870s to 1900. The term was coined by Mark TwainThe Gilded Age: A Tale of Today, satirizing what he believed to be an era of serious social problems disguised by a thin gold gilding. The theme of the novel is that the lust for getting rich through land speculation pervades society. The main action of the story takes place in Washington, D.C., and satirizes the greed and corruption of the governing class. Twain also satirizes the social pretensions of the newly rich. Although more than a century has passed since its publication, the novel's satirical observations of political and social life in Washington, D.C., are still seen as pertinent. [more]

Keywords: the gilded age, mark twain, american history, satire, american literature, political corruption, economic exploitation

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Ashok Sinha Age, Loneliness & You

Mind Control

Health & Fitness
English
10941 Words
No Age Recommendation
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"I am the infinite reality"- Self is supreme. Self-talk is a must; stay awakened. The Universe moves in a mysterious way. Instead of trying to unfold this sacred mystery, which you cannot, stay curious, like a child. Welcome the mystery when it unfolds its secret to you; bathing you with fragrance. Fear of being left behind when children grow and settle into their life, in their own way. Generation gaps appear at the surface, and you are left behind. Emotion takes over you and makes you weak venerable. Watch this; do not allow it to happen to you; stay strong. How- 'Age, Loneliness and You' is about how to tackle loneliness, depression, especially when aging. How to stay healthy, graceful under any circumstance, at any age, through meditation. Loneliness is fatal; it may become a boon too, it depends how you are accepting your loneliness; you are accepting it as a stress or with a smile, it depends on you. Loneliness can occur at any age. Loneliness is delicate, especially when you are growing old. How loneliness may become a boon? Though tricky, how aloofness helps? How, meditation helps? What are the techniques of meditation? How to accept Life as it is? How to stay an Ageless wonder Let us explore together a little more, and more, and more... [more]

Keywords: Age, Aging, Loneliness, Deperession, Meditation, Techniques of Meditation, Health, Fitness, Life

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Schreibemaus K. Dragon Age - Der letzte Erbe

Fantasy
German
71973 Words
Ages 16 and up
1532
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Unser Land ist dem Untergang geweiht. Die Dunkle Brut überfällt Ferelden und nur die Grauen Wächter können das Land einen. Es stellt sich heraus, dass das Dunkel nur eine zusätzliche Probe darstellt, denn die wahre Prüfung liegt darin das Böse und die Verzweiflung aus den Herzen der Menschen zu tilgen. So muss ich meine Heimat verlassen um die zu beschützen, die sich selber nicht schützen können. -- Dies sind meine Chroniken. Hallo zusammen! Ich bin ein riesen Fan von Dragon Age: Origins! Da ich dieses Spiel einfach fesselnd, die Charaktere vielfältig und diesen leserischen Charakter toll finde wollte ich es aufschreiben, sodass man das Spiel jederzeit genießen kann. Aber auch für die die das Spiel nicht kennen soll es eine mittelalterliche Geschichte voller Fantasie sein! LETZTES UPDATE: 01.09.17 - Rechtschreibprüfung/Fortsetzung Kapitel ,Das Nichts' [more]

Keywords: Dragon Age, Game, Fantasy, Mittelalter, Fanart, Mythen, Abenteuer, BioWare, Fanfiction

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Victor A. Bueno M. Pass-Age

My works during April-June 2009

Poetry
English
2 Words
No Age Recommendation
646
2

Well friends, finally I’ve got old and I’m feeling like have passed through a passage to another age. [more]

Keywords: poetry, poems, victor, bueno, caracas

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SpecFic Author's Of Age

Line Story #23

Fantasy
English
615 Words
Ages 8 and up
501
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Lincoln is a normal seventeen year old boy whose looking forward to his eighteen birthday. Unlike most boys [more]

Keywords: fantasy, magic, spells, fairies

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Edith Wharton The Age of Innocence (Unabriged)

Fiction
English
101260 Words
Ages 8 and up
185
3

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. 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. The novel is noted for Wharton's attention to detail regarding the way of life of the upper caste. 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. Edith Wharton was 58 years old at publication; she had lived in that world and had seen it change dramatically by the end of World War I.The title is an ironic comment on the polished outward manners of New York society when compared to its inward machinations. [more]

Keywords: the age of innocence, edith wharton, pulitzer prize winner, american literature, american history, historical fiction

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Edith Wharton The Age of Innocence (Illustrated)

Fiction
English
101503 Words
Ages 6 and up
264
0

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. [more]

Keywords: 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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