Author: Edith Wharton / Year:1862-1937 / Genre: Romance This is Newland Archer’s world as he prepares to marry the beautiful but conventional May Welland.
But when the mysterious Countess Ellen Olenska returns to New York after a disastrous marriage,
Archer falls deeply in love with her. Torn between duty and passion, Archer struggles to make a
decision that will either courageously define his life—or mercilessly destroy it.