The Age of Innocence

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Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34

Themes

All Themes Innocence vs. Experience The Failure of Marriage The Rules of Society American vs. Foreign Change and Progress

Characters

All Characters Newland Archer Ellen Olenska May Welland Mrs. Catherine Mingott Mrs. Adeline Archer Janey Archer Mrs. Welland Mr. Welland Dallas Archer Medora Manson Mr. Sillerton Jackson Julius Beaufort Mrs. Regina Beaufort Mrs. Louisa van der Luyden Mr. Henry van der Luyden Lawrence Lefferts Ned Winsett M. Rivière Dr. Agathon Carver Mrs. Lemuel Struthers

Symbols

All Symbols Flowers Wedding Dress

Literary Devices

All Literary Devices Allusions Dialect Dramatic Irony Foil Foreshadowing Genre Hyperbole Idioms Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Setting Similes Situational Irony Style Tone Verbal Irony

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The Age of Innocence

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Edith Wharton

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Introduction Intro

Plot Summary Plot

Summary & Analysis

All Themes
Innocence vs. Experience
The Failure of Marriage
The Rules of Society
American vs. Foreign
Change and Progress

All Characters
Newland Archer
Ellen Olenska
May Welland
Mrs. Catherine Mingott
Mrs. Adeline Archer
Janey Archer
Mrs. Welland
Mr. Welland
Dallas Archer
Medora Manson
Mr. Sillerton Jackson
Julius Beaufort
Mrs. Regina Beaufort
Mrs. Louisa van der Luyden
Mr. Henry van der Luyden
Lawrence Lefferts
Ned Winsett
M. Rivière
Dr. Agathon Carver
Mrs. Lemuel Struthers

All Symbols
Flowers
Wedding Dress

All Literary Devices
Allusions
Dialect
Dramatic Irony
Foil
Foreshadowing
Genre
Hyperbole
Idioms
Imagery
Irony
Metaphors
Mood
Setting
Similes
Situational Irony
Style
Tone
Verbal Irony

Theme Wheel Theme Viz

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