Edith Wharton’s Age of Innocence, chapters 1–2.

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Literary Links of interest for this chapter:

• The Alienist
• Sort of almost a tulle tucker
• Victorian Pen Wipers
• Victorian under-bosom Girdle
• The Josephine Look
• The Tuileries
• Faust Opera summary
• Men’s Pumps
• Men’s Patent Leather Oxfords

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