West, Clare.
The age of innocence / Edith Wharton ; retold by Clare West. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2008. - 104 p. : ill. ; 19 cm. - Oxford bookworms library. Classics. Stage 5 . - Oxford bookworms library. Stage 5. Classics. .
"Into the narrow social world of New York in the 1870s comes Countess Ellen Olenska, surrounded by shocked whispers about her failed marriage to a rich Polish Count. A woman who leaves her husband can never be accepted in polite society. Newland Arthur is engaged to young May Welland, but the beautiful and mysterious Countess needs his help. He becomes her friend and defender, but friendship with an unhappy, lonely woman is a dangerous path for a young man to follow - especially a young man who is soon to be married." --Back cover
9780194792165 (pbk.) 0194792161 (pbk.)
2009464410
Readers.
Upper class--Juvenile fiction.
Separated people--Juvenile fiction.
Married people--Juvneile fiction.
New York (N.Y.)--Juvenile fiction.
PE1126.W478 / A446 2008
428.6
The age of innocence / Edith Wharton ; retold by Clare West. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2008. - 104 p. : ill. ; 19 cm. - Oxford bookworms library. Classics. Stage 5 . - Oxford bookworms library. Stage 5. Classics. .
"Into the narrow social world of New York in the 1870s comes Countess Ellen Olenska, surrounded by shocked whispers about her failed marriage to a rich Polish Count. A woman who leaves her husband can never be accepted in polite society. Newland Arthur is engaged to young May Welland, but the beautiful and mysterious Countess needs his help. He becomes her friend and defender, but friendship with an unhappy, lonely woman is a dangerous path for a young man to follow - especially a young man who is soon to be married." --Back cover
9780194792165 (pbk.) 0194792161 (pbk.)
2009464410
Readers.
Upper class--Juvenile fiction.
Separated people--Juvenile fiction.
Married people--Juvneile fiction.
New York (N.Y.)--Juvenile fiction.
PE1126.W478 / A446 2008
428.6