For 10 points, name this novel about Newland Archer's relationship with Countess Ellen Olenska, written by Edith Wharton.
A man in this novel kisses the handle of a pink parasol after being attracted to its "aromatic" scent, only to find out that it belongs to the "youngest and largest" of the Blenker sisters. The protagonist of this novel notes the "intimate" and "foreign" nature of a drawing-room, preferring it to his fiancee's hypothetical drawing room. This novel notes that "Americans want to get away from amusement even more quickly than they want to get to it" during a performance of Gounod's Faust. In this novel, Mrs. (*) Mingott suffers a stroke shortly after Julius Beaufort's wife demands financial support following the collapse of his business. At the end of this novel, the protagonist watches a servant close the windows of a Parisian apartment owned by a woman whom he had earlier advised not to seek a divorce from a Polish count. For 10 points, name this novel about Newland Archer's relationship with Countess Ellen Olenska, written by Edith Wharton.
A man in this novel kisses the handle of a pink parasol after being attracted to its "aromatic" scent, only to find out that it belongs to the "youngest and largest" of the Blenker sisters.
The Age of Innocence