The Age of Innocence

by Edith Wharton · read August 15, 2025

Review

Pining and social constructs, what more could I ask for?

The next morning Archer scoured the town in vain for more yellow roses. In consequence of this search he arrived late at the office, perceived that his doing so made no difference whatever to any one, and was filled with sudden exasperation at the elaborate futility of his life.

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