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故事梗概19世纪70年代。纽约。青年律师纽兰·阿切尔和有钱有势的明戈特家族的一位青年女子梅·韦兰订了婚。此时,梅的表姐埃伦嫁给奥伦斯卡伯爵之后因婚姻不如意,从欧洲回到了纽约。阿切尔急切希望能在博福特家一年一度的舞会上宣布他和梅订婚的消息,部分原因也正是为了转移人们的注意力,制止那些关于他与埃伦的流言蜚语。阿切尔想尽快把婚事办了,梅在母亲的压力下十分重视遵守礼仪。但是关于埃伦过去的传闻已经散布开来,使阿切尔十分恼火。
Synopsis of the story 1870s. new York. Young lawyer Newland Archer was married to May Welland, a young woman of the wealthy and powerful Mingot family. At this time, Mei’s cousin Ellen married Oarl Earl of Russell after the unhappy marriage, from Europe back to New York. Archer was eager to announce his engagement with May at Beaufort’s annual ball, in part to divert people’s attention and stop the gossip about him and Ellen. Archer wanted to get the marriage done as soon as possible, and Mei attaches great importance to observance of etiquette under the pressure of her mother. But rumors about Ellen’s past have spread, leaving Archer very angry.