{"product_id":"2026200011084-secondhand-old-new-york","title":"Old New York","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masterwork of social observation, Old New York is a collection of four novellas by Edith Wharton, each set in a different decade of nineteenth-century New York society. With razor-sharp precision and elegant prose, Wharton chronicles the rigid codes of conduct, hidden scandals, and quiet tragedies that shaped the lives of New York's privileged elite. Each novella — False Dawn, The Old Maid, The Spark, and New Year's Day — illuminates the crushing weight of social convention on individual desire and morality. Written with the same incisive wit and psychological depth that defined The Age of Innocence, this work stands as a brilliant portrait of a vanished world where reputation was everything and transgression came at an unforgiving cost.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48956217557211,"sku":"2026200011084-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/fb0dac8c-cb52-41fe-8632-b5fc7ce766ed.png?v=1783499111","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200011084-secondhand-old-new-york","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}