《纯真年代》是美国作家伊迪丝·华顿的代表作,代表了她小说创作的最高峰。故事发生在19世纪70年代末至20世纪初,主要描写了纽约贵族青年纽兰·阿切尔与未婚妻梅·韦兰及其表姐埃伦·奥兰斯卡伯爵夫人的感情纠葛。华顿对“老纽约”贵族们的各种社会习惯、礼仪服饰的描写不仅生动立体地再现了上流社会的风俗,还揭示了 The Age of Innocence is the masterpiece of American writer Edith Wharton and represents the highest peak of her novel creation. The story takes place in the late 1870s and early 20th century, mainly depicting the emotional entanglement of Newland Archer, a New York aristocrat, with his fiancé Maywelan and his cousin Countess Ellen Olenska. Wharton’s description of various social habits and ceremonial costumes of the “Old New York” aristocrats not only vividly and stereotyped the customs of upper-class society, but also revealed