Innocence – Literary

30.00€

Margherita Pascucci

LITERATURE

“…in the integrity of my heart and innocence of my hands have I done this. Genesis 20:5

“The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth” Ecclesiastes 7:4 King James Version.

Introductory remarks

In my view the “wise” embodies the “virtue”; and “fools” innocence.

Two novels by American writer Edith Wharton come to rescue:

Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth (1905) and Edith Wharton,

The Age of Innocence.