Penguin Popular Classics: The Age Of Innocence

Though sensitive and intelligent, Archer respects the rigid social code of his class and plans to marry “one of his own kind,” the striking May Welland. But the arrival of the free-spirited Countess Olenska, who breathes clouds of European sophistication, makes him question his formerly complacent life. As he falls ever more deeply in love with her, he discovers just how hard it is to escape the bounds of his society.