The Age of Innocence
Old New York in the 1870s, where a man engaged to the correct woman falls for her disgraced cousin, and everyone involved is too well-mannered to say so out loud.
Things worth knowing
- The Pulitzer jury had chosen Sinclair Lewis's Main Street; the board overturned that decision and gave the 1921 prize to Wharton.
- Wharton's working notes sketch versions in which Newland and Ellen become lovers before parting, including a note to contrast Newland's bridal night with May against this one; in the published book they never act on it.
Listen, or read along
Every chapter has the recording and the same chapter as text. Open both if you like: the text is the words you are hearing.
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1 Book One 16 min
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2 Chapter Two 13 min
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3 Chapter Three 14 min
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4 Chapter Four 11 min
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5 Chapter Five 19 min
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6 Chapter Six 17 min
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7 Chapter Seven 13 min
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8 Chapter Eight 15 min
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9 Chapter Nine 25 min
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10 Chapter Ten 20 min
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11 Chapter Eleven 16 min
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12 Chapter Twelve 24 min
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13 Chapter Thirteen 13 min
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14 Chapter Fourteen 15 min
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15 Chapter Fifteen 21 min
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16 Chapter Sixteen 19 min
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17 Chapter Seventeen 20 min
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18 Chapter Eighteen 24 min
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19 Book Two 23 min
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20 Chapter Twenty 25 min
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21 Chapter Twenty-One 28 min
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22 Chapter Twenty-Two 17 min
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23 Chapter Twenty-Three 19 min
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24 Chapter Twenty-Four 10 min
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25 Chapter Twenty-Five 19 min
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26 Chapter Twenty-Six 23 min
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27 Chapter Twenty-Seven 15 min
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28 Chapter Twenty-Eight 14 min
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29 Chapter Twenty-Nine 14 min
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30 Chapter Thirty 19 min
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31 Chapter Thirty-One 24 min
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32 Chapter Thirty-Two 18 min
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33 Chapter Thirty-Three 32 min
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34 Chapter Thirty-Four, Part One 18 min
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35 Chapter Thirty-Four, Part Two 17 min
Where this comes from
US public domain: first published 1920, before the 1930 cutoff. Author d.1937, so also clear in life+70 jurisdictions.
Cover image: generated for this edition.
Narration: text-to-speech.
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