Engaged to the docile May Welland, Newland Archer falls madly in love with the nonconformist Countess Olenska, an older woman with a reputation, but his allegiance to the social code of their set makes their love an impossibility[...]

A satire on the manners of late 19th-century America. This is the story of the beautiful but brutally ambitious Undine Spragg who marries her way into the the high aristocracy of Europe, abandoning several husbands along the way.[...]

As the scion of one of New York's leading families, Newland Archer was born into a life of sumptuous privilege and strict duty. 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 [...]

Kärlek, passion och fördomar i 1870-talets New York-societet

I New Yorks societet mot slutet av 1800-talet är de sociala konventionerna och ytan allt. Det unga paret Newland och May är lyckligt förlovade och planerar sitt bröllop. Då dyker Mays omtalade kusin Ellen upp. Ellen stå[...]