Widely regarded as one of Edith Wharton's greatest achievements, The Age of Innocence is not only subtly satirical, but also a sometimes dark and disturbing comedy of manners in its exploration of the 'eternal triangle' of love. Set against the backdrop of upper-class New York society during the 1870s, the author's combination of powerful prose combined with a thoroughly resear...
Widely regarded as one of Edith Wharton's greatest achievements, The Age of Innocence is not only subtly satirical, but also a sometimes dark and disturbing comedy of manners in its exploration of the 'eternal triangle' of love. Set against the backdrop of upper-class New York society during the 1870s, the author's combination of powerful prose combined with a thoroughly researched and meticulous evocation of the manners and style of the period, has delighted readers since the novel's first publication in 1920. In 1921 The Age of Innocence achieved a double distinction - it won the Pulitzer Prize and it was the first time this prestigious award had been won by a woman author.
Very witty and sarcastic writing. Moving and sentimental as well. Newland and Ellen have been living on my mind since 11 years ago when I first read it. One of my favorite novels in English language.
微信公众号：shenshike-HK (心是主人身是客） ====== 《纯真年代》(The age of innocence)，伊迪丝．华顿(Edith Wharton)著。不久前看了电影，回味无穷。某对西洋文化向不感冒的看了此片，也咂吧着嘴说：第一次体会到名著的魅力。春节在折价书店惊见有这本书售，赶紧买下，三两...
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The Age of Innocence 无论是书还是电影，常年都列于各自的TOP TEN列表的NO.1。 即使之后感动的文字或画面仍时有，纯真年代所带来的触动和共鸣，却耿耿于怀地存于血液之中。 乃至成为人生的一部分。 一直在想，以怎样的一种文体，怎样的一种姿态，怎样一种叙述语气，或是在怎样...
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‘I want somehow get away with you into a world where words like that – categories like that – won’t exist. Where we shall be simply two human beings who love each other, who are the life to each other, and nothing else will matter.’ ‘Oh, my dear - whe...
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When first read the topic ,not only was I srounded by happiness and warmth ,but it also call back my sweet memory of childhood,However， The first chapter strucked me , thoses who lived in 1970s of American was a palce where decayed soc...
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Their long years together had shown him that it did not so much matter if marriage was a dull duty, as long as it kept the dignity of a duty: lapsing from that, it became a mere battle of ugly appetites. 真爱与婚姻，第一步就错了，步步错，真是悲哀。
2018-06-27 19:142人喜欢
Their long years together had shown him that it did not so much matter if marriage was a dull duty, as long as it kept the dignity of a duty: lapsing from that, it became a mere battle of ugly appetites.
His whole future seemed suddenly to be unrolled before him; and passing down its endless emptiness he saw the dwindling figure of a man to whom nothing was ever to happen. He glanced about him at the unpruned garden, the tumble-down house, and the oak-grove under which the dusk was gathering. It had seemed so exactly the place in which he ought to have found Madame Olenska; and she was far away...
2020-06-10 09:121人喜欢
His whole future seemed suddenly to be unrolled before him; and passing down its endless emptiness he saw the dwindling figure of a man to whom nothing was ever to happen. He glanced about him at the unpruned garden, the tumble-down house, and the oak-grove under which the dusk was gathering. It had seemed so exactly the place in which he ought to have found Madame Olenska; and she was far away, and even the pink sunshade was not hers...引自第192页
Archer felt that at any cost he must keep her beside him, must make her give him the rest of her evening. Ignoring her question, he continued to lean against the chimney-piece, his eyes fixed on the hand in which she held her gloves and fan, as if watching to see if he had the power to make her drop them.
2020-06-05 01:14
Archer felt that at any cost he must keep her beside him, must make her give him the rest of her evening. Ignoring her question, he continued to lean against the chimney-piece, his eyes fixed on the hand in which she held her gloves and fan, as if watching to see if he had the power to make her drop them.引自第144页
since an unalterable and unquestioned law of the musical world requited that the German text of French opera sung by Swedish artist should be translated into Italian for the clear understanding of English-speaking audiences. 好讽刺
2018-06-12 18:56
since an unalterable and unquestioned law of the musical world requited that the German text of French opera sung by Swedish artist should be translated into Italian for the clear understanding of English-speaking audiences. 引自 Chapter ONE
since an unalternable and unquestioned law of the musical world required that the German text of French operas sung by Swedish artists should be translated into Italian for the clearer understandung of English-speaking audience. ....sarcasm
2013-04-10 13:00
since an unalternable and unquestioned law of the musical world required that the German text of French operas sung by Swedish artists should be translated into Italian for the clearer understandung of English-speaking audience.引自第12页
As she sat thus, the lamplight full on her clear brow, he said to himself with a secret dismay that he would always know the thoughts behind it, that never, in all the years to come, would she surprise him by an unexpected mood, by a new idea, a weakness, a cruelty or an emotion. She had spent her poetry and romance on their short courting: the function was exhausted because the need was past. ...
2020-06-12 00:59
As she sat thus, the lamplight full on her clear brow, he said to himself with a secret dismay that he would always know the thoughts behind it, that never, in all the years to come, would she surprise him by an unexpected mood, by a new idea, a weakness, a cruelty or an emotion. She had spent her poetry and romance on their short courting: the function was exhausted because the need was past. Now she was simply ripening into a copy of her mother, and mysteriously, by the very process, trying to turn him into a Mr. Welland.引自第238页
He was weary of living in a perpetual tepid honeymoon, without the temperature of passion yet with all its exactions. If May had spoken out her grievances (he suspected her of many) he might have laughed them away; but she was trained to conceal imaginary wounds under a Spartan smile.
2020-06-12 00:47
He was weary of living in a perpetual tepid honeymoon, without the temperature of passion yet with all its exactions. If May had spoken out her grievances (he suspected her of many) he might have laughed them away; but she was trained to conceal imaginary wounds under a Spartan smile. 引自第237页
The snow was over, and a tingling wind had sprung up, that lashed his face as he stood gazing. Suddenly he felt something stiff and cold on his lashes, and perceived that he had been crying, and that the wind had frozen his tears.
2020-06-12 00:27
The snow was over, and a tingling wind had sprung up, that lashed his face as he stood gazing. Suddenly he felt something stiff and cold on his lashes, and perceived that he had been crying, and that the wind had frozen his tears.
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She drew a deep sigh that ended in another laugh. "Oh, my dear -- where is that country? Have you ever been there?" she asked; and as he remained sullenly dumb she went on: "I know so many who've tried to find it; and believe me, they all got out by mistake at wayside stations: at places like Boulogue, or Pisa, or Monte Carlo -- and it wasn't at all different from the old world they'd left, but...
2020-06-12 00:22
She drew a deep sigh that ended in another laugh. "Oh, my dear -- where is that country? Have you ever been there?" she asked; and as he remained sullenly dumb she went on: "I know so many who've tried to find it; and believe me, they all got out by mistake at wayside stations: at places like Boulogue, or Pisa, or Monte Carlo -- and it wasn't at all different from the old world they'd left, but only rather smaller and dingier and more promiscuous."引自第235页
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His whole future seemed suddenly to be unrolled before him; and passing down its endless emptiness he saw the dwindling figure of a man to whom nothing was ever to happen. He glanced about him at the unpruned garden, the tumble-down house, and the oak-grove under which the dusk was gathering. It had seemed so exactly the place in which he ought to have found Madame Olenska; and she was far away...
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1 有用 Amber 2017-09-08
中文翻译“纯真年代”真的有失偏颇
4 有用 七团面巾纸 2015-01-24
Newland等她转身，心想着她若不转，他就不再将她寻回。我也一样，很多事情交给fate，该迈步上前时就去，再没有机会就转身离去。结尾很好，很好...
3 有用 艾小柯 2016-05-28
双重文本的典范
2 有用 沁云 2012-03-04
Very witty and sarcastic writing. Moving and sentimental as well. Newland and Ellen have been living on my mind since 11 years ago when I first read it. One of my favorite novels in English language.
2 有用 W.Y 2010-11-20
其实我觉得傲慢与偏见 比起这个来就傻B很多了
0 有用 阳光晒出来的香 2021-07-02
克制含蓄地互诉衷肠。不如不见。
0 有用 金道英 2021-06-28
节奏不好 太拖沓
0 有用 清 2021-06-10
那个年代的那些观念，那些人，那些情。
0 有用 Oleaceae 2021-05-24
缓不过神 合上书忽然想到了hart crane的broken tower（太喜欢了。
0 有用 放飞的小仙女 2021-05-16
dumb sorrow moves me more than histrionic outpourings.