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Into the world propriety which composed the rigid code of Old New York society returns the Countess Olenska, separated from her European husband and bearing with her an independence and impulsive awareness of life which stirs the educated sensitivity of Newland Archer, engaged to be married to May Welland, 'that terrifying product of the social system he belonged to and believed in, the young girl who knew nothing and expected everything'. As the consequent drama unfolds, Edith Wharton’s sharp ironic wit and Jamesian mastery of form create a disturbingly accurate picture of men and women caught in a society which denies humanity while desperately defending its 'civilization'.