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The Bowery Boys: New York City History

The Age of Innocence: Inside Edith Wharton's Classic Novel

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, Places & Travel

4.83.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

The Age of Innocence is Edith Wharton’s most famous novel, an enduring classic of Old New York that has been rediscovered by a new generation. What is it about this story of Newland Archer, May Welland and Countess Olenska that readers respond to today?

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0:00.0

Spring has finally arrived and over at the Gilda Gentlemen Podcast I've got some

0:06.2

fabulous new shows for the season. Step inside a hidden world in the heart of

0:12.0

Manhattan, the Historic Gramercy Park, with guest and

0:16.2

listener favorite Keith Talion.

0:18.8

Gramercy kind of exists as this island unto itself, this little oasis, that almost can be forgotten about or

0:25.3

bypassed very easily.

0:27.1

And later this month, we'll take a look at another hidden world of sorts, with a look at Gilded Age undergarments.

0:35.9

Fashion historian and author Dr Elizabeth L Block is here to navigate a closet full of

0:41.8

courts, bustles, straps, and stockings.

0:45.6

I want people to consider that corsets were adjustable.

0:50.1

These were really objects of engineering.

0:53.3

That's the Gilded gentlemen history podcast on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

1:10.0

I came here because I thought I could persuade you to break away from all that

1:13.0

to advance our engagement. Don't you understand how much I want to marry you?

1:16.0

And why should we dream away another year?

1:18.0

I'm not sure I do understand Newland.

1:21.0

Is it because you're not certain of feeling the same way about me?

1:26.0

What on earth do you mean?

1:29.0

Is there someone else?

1:32.0

Someone else. Someone else.

1:34.0

Between you and me.

1:38.0

Edith Wharton's classic novel, The Age of Innocence,

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