（纯真年代）The Age of Innocence

WelcometotheNewYorkofthe1870's,whereeveryoneintheuppercrustfitsintothemoldorisostracizedfornonconformity.InspiteofhavingmarriedthesociallysuitableMay,WelandArcherwishestobeunconventionalandseestheCountessOlenskaasarolemodelatthesametimethathefallsinlovewithher.WandaMcCaddonisaperfectnarratorforthisbook.Hervoiceisascoldandsharpasthesocietyshereadsabout.Throughherintonationandphrasing,astiflingVictorianmaskdropsovereachcharacter.AsWhartondescribesasocietylongago,McCaddonbringsittolifeinadry,droll,appropriatelyuncaptivatingmanner.M.B.K.(c)AudioFile,Portland,Maine--Thistextreferstoanoutofprintorunavailableeditionofthistitle.