Maggie Schueppert’s Reviews > The Age of Innocence > Status Update

So far in the book, there has been gossip in the society of New York of women and men about who they like and the drama in their lives. A character named Archer just proposed to Miss Welland, but there is some drama about a women named Ellen Olenska. I predict that the drama of Ellen will show soon, "'She knows as well as I do, ' he reflected, 'the real reason of her cousin's staying away..." (Wharton 17).