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Edith wharton books list of books by author edith wharton. Edith wharton audio books at simply audiobooks simply. Recent updates to this page include information from this article. It was first published in the magazine liberty in 1934, and was later included in wharton s last shortstory collection, the world over. Edith wharton books biography and list of works author. In edith wharton s twelfth novel the age of innocence, we meet archer newland, a young lawyer living in new york in the 1870s, who has been looking forward to his marriage to the naive and lovely may welland, a society beauty whose sheltered upbringing and training has turned her into a young woman destined to become the perfect wife and mother.
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