추가 적립 안내

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'I want -- I want somehow to get away with you into a world where words like that -- categories like that -- won't exist. Where we shall be simply two human beings who love each other, who are the whole of life to each other; and nothing else on earth will matter.' Newland Archer, a successful and charming young lawyer conducts himself by the rules and standards of the polite, upper class New York society that he resides in. Happily engaged to the pretty and conventional May Welland, his attachment guarantees his place in this rigid world of the elite. However, the arrival of May's cousin, the exotic and beautiful European Countess Olenska throws Newland's life upside down. A divorcee, Olenska is ostracised by those around her, yet Newland is fiercely drawn to her wit, determination and willingness to flout convention. With the Countess, Newland is freed from the limitations that surround him and truly begins to 'feel' for the first time. Wharton's subtle expose of the manners and etiquette of 1870s New York society is both comedic, subtle, satirical and cynical in style and paints an evocative picture of a man torn between his passion and his obligation.


'하퍼 콜린스' 출판사에서 전세계 독자들에게 가장 사랑 받는 베스트 클래식 시리즈를 아름다운 표지와 저렴한 가격으로 선보입니다.

'나는 당신과 함께 어떤 말이나 어떤 종류에도 속하지 않는 세상으로 떠나고 싶어요. 그곳에서 둘만이 서로 사랑하고 서로에게 서로가 전부이며 다른 모든 것은 상관하지 않는 그런 세상으로요.'

성공가도를 달리고 있는 잘 생긴 젊은 변호사인 Newland Archer는 뉴욕의 상류 사회의 문화와 예의를 따르며 살아 간다. 예쁘고 평범한 May Welland라는 여자와 행복한 약혼은 엘리트 상류 사회에서 입지를 공고히 해준다. 하지만 이국적이며 아름다운 유럽의 백작부인인 Olenska라는 May의 사촌의 등장으로 Newland의 삶은 뒤죽박죽이 된다. 이혼녀인 Olenska는 다른 사람들이 모두 그녀를 멀리했지만, Newland는 그녀의 개성에 끌렸다. 백작부인과 함께 하면서 Newland는 처음으로 자신을 둘러싼 제약과 규율에서 벗어나는 자유를 누린다.

1870년대 뉴욕을 배경으로 당시 상류 사회의 모습을 풍자적으로 묘사한 재미있는 작품이다.

*책의 맨 뒤에는 작품에 등장하는 주요 단어와 표현들을 모아서 Collins 영영 사전의 의미로 설명하고 있습니다. (어휘 리스트 수록)

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.

'I want ? I want somehow to get away with you into a world where words like that ? categories like that ? won't exist. Where we shall be simply two human beings who love each other, who are the whole of life to each other; and nothing else on earth will matter.’ Newland Archer, a successful and charming young lawyer conducts himself by the rules and standards of the polite, upper class New York society that he resides in. Happily engaged to the pretty and conventional May Welland, his attachment guarantees his place in this rigid world of the elite. However, the arrival of May’s cousin, the exotic and beautiful European Countess Olenska throws Newland’s life upside down. A divorcee, Olenska is ostracised by those around her, yet Newland is fiercely drawn to her wit, determination and willingness to flout convention. With the Countess, Newland is freed from the limitations that surround him and truly begins to ‘feel’ for the first time. Wharton’s subtle expose of the manners and etiquette of 1870s New York society is both comedic, subtle, satirical and cynical in style and paints an evocative picture of a man torn between his passion and his obligation.