Introduction for the reader: The age of Innocence.

1. Reader
The age of innocence

2. Edith Wharton
• She was born on 24th January 1862 in an aristocratic family in New
York City.
• She began writing poetry at the age of 16.
• She rebel against the rules of society when she became a succesfull
author.
• She married Edward Robbins Wharton in 1885.
• She divorced after 30 years of marriage.

4. Setting
• Where the story takes place
• The time, place, physical details and circumstances in
which a situation occurs.
• Environment in which the characters live and move.

5. Plot
• Plot is a sequence of events.
• The “why” of the things that happen in the story
• The plot takes the reader into the character’s lives
and helps the reader understand their choices.

6. Ballroom
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