1. Age Of Innocence
... might impose on her to express them. Ironically, when Newland mentions eloping, she comments that they can't behave like people in novels'. At the same time, Newland's passion for literature does seem to imply that he is getting some of his notions as to how people should behave from his reading; perhaps the contrast between his somewhat sterile engagement and the drama ... and romance found in novels is what is motivating him to look with greater and greater affection on Ellen - who, ironically, is more of a real person' than most of the other, stereotypical, characters. Later, when Ne...
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