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"The Age of Innocence" is a 1920 work by Edith Wharton. In 1921, the book won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature, making Mrs. Wharton the first female writer to win the award. In this work, May and Newland, a pair of golden girls from the upper class, are about to get married. At this time, the bride's cousin Ellen escaped from a bad marriage and returned to New York from Europe. She was plagued by rumors. Her arrival shook Newland's mind. At first, Newland was worried that Ellen's stain would affect the family about to get married. Soon, he began to be attracted to this woman who ignored the obsolete rules of New York's upper class society, and he had doubts about whether he wanted to marry May, the perfect product of old New York society. This is a dilemma between red roses and white roses, as well as a struggle between social stereotypes and individual freedom. Compared with "Fun House", "The Age of Innocence" is a novel with a softer and more elegant tone. In her biography, Wharton wrote that the book "The Age of Innocence" allowed her to "temporarily escape from the present, return to her childhood, and return to an America that has long disappeared... In 1914, the world I grew up in and heard was destroyed." Many scholars and readers also agree that "The Age of Innocence" is fundamentally a story that attempts to reconcile the contradictions between the old and the new world.

"Men and Ghosts" is a wonderful collection of short stories by Edith Wharton, including ten chapters and ten stories. Most of the scenes are set in the 19th century to the early 20th century. From a narrative perspective, stories are unfolded layer by layer, which may be scary, weird, profound, or dark. Through exquisite and transcendent depictions of people, ghosts, or ghosts in the heart, people are led into another world of light or darkness. With the eyes as the ears and the heart as the scale, people can observe and understand the various human rights and wrongs in this world. A barred door, which door is bolted; father and son, what is father and son; debt, debt or love; cause and effect, what is cause and what is effect; legend, what is passed down is wonder; those eyes, God, those eyes; long time later, why, so long; letters, trust and betrayal. The scenes are unfolded under Mrs. Washington's wonderful writing, which is charming and wonderfully ironic. It is so beautiful that it makes people gasp in admiration.

Innocence means "pure and sincere", as opposed to "sophisticated and smooth". Innocence may be a piece of chocolate in childhood, a secret love in adolescence, or a no-turning relationship between friends. Innocence is like a flower in life, which everyone yearns for, but is often destroyed by reality. Time can dilute many things in the past, but the innocence and beauty in my heart bloom like flowers, both near and far. Edith Wharton's classic "The Age of Innocence" tells the story of the entanglement between innocent love and ideals and social reality. The author also won the most influential award in the United States for this book: the Pulitzer Prize.

"The Age of Innocence" is a masterpiece by American writer Edith Wharton. The story is set in New York's upper class society at the end of the 19th century. The aristocratic young man Archer is in love with the well-matched lady Mei, and they are about to get engaged. At this time, May's cousin Ellen returned to New York from Europe. On the one hand, she was seeking a divorce from her husband, the dissolute earl, and on the other hand, she wanted to start a new life in New York. The upper class is full of prejudice against Ellen's maverickness, and even avoids "scandals" such as divorce. In the process of Archer's enthusiasm to help Ellen, his childhood sweetheart, reintegrate into New York, the two secretly fell in love. Archer, Ellen and May all face choices under the pressure of their hearts, families and society...