Large Print - The Age of Innocence - Grand Type Collector's Edition - Matte Hardcover with Dust Jacket - Wharton, Edith
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Experience timeless classics like never before in this Grand Type Collector's Edition With clear, easy-to-read formatting, this edition is designed for readers who prefer or require larger text without sacrificing the excitement of the original. Large Print Features: * 18-point font: Generously sized text for maximum readability and comfort. * Sans-serif font: Clean, modern typeface designed to reduce visual strain. * Italics are bolded: Important emphasis is maintained without thin, hard-to-see lettering. * Easy-to-read line lengths: Shorter rows of text (under 45 characters per line) make…mehr

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Experience timeless classics like never before in this Grand Type Collector's Edition With clear, easy-to-read formatting, this edition is designed for readers who prefer or require larger text without sacrificing the excitement of the original. Large Print Features: * 18-point font: Generously sized text for maximum readability and comfort. * Sans-serif font: Clean, modern typeface designed to reduce visual strain. * Italics are bolded: Important emphasis is maintained without thin, hard-to-see lettering. * Easy-to-read line lengths: Shorter rows of text (under 45 characters per line) make reading smoother and less tiring. In the glittering world of New York's Gilded Age, wealth and propriety dictate every choice-but the heart does not always obey. Newland Archer, confidently engaged to the elegant and respectable May Welland, believes he understands his place in society. Everything changes when he meets her cousin, Countess Ellen Olenska, a woman whose independence and scandalous reputation challenge the rigid expectations of their world. Drawn to Ellen's honesty and longing for freedom, Newland begins to question the life set before him. As desire clashes with duty, he must choose between the safe respectability he has always known and the love that could cost him everything. Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence offers a brilliant critique of the social constraints of Gilded Age New York. Her piercing examination of appearances, conformity, and forbidden emotion earned her the Pulitzer Prize-the first awarded to a woman. Today, the novel endures as a powerful exploration of love, sacrifice, and the price of restraint.
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Born into a prominent New York family in 1862, Edith Wharton was immersed in the city's elite social circles from an early age. This upbringing provided her with intimate knowledge of the Gilded Age's upper-class society, which she later depicted in her writing. Fluent in multiple languages, Wharton was well-educated and widely traveled, enriching her literary perspective.Wharton's literary career flourished with the publication of novels such as The House of Mirth and The Age of Innocence, the latter earning her the distinction of being the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1921. Her works often explore themes of societal constraints and personal freedom, reflecting her critical view of the rigid social norms of her time. Beyond fiction, she co-authored The Decoration of Houses, showcasing her expertise in design and architecture.During World War I, Wharton demonstrated her humanitarian spirit by supporting the French war effort, organizing aid for refugees and the injured. Her experiences during this period influenced her later works and solidified her legacy as a keen observer of human nature and society. Edith Wharton passed away in 1937 in France, leaving behind a rich literary heritage that continues to be celebrated.