Into the narrow social world of New York in the 1870s comes Countess Ellen Olenska, surrounded by shocked whispers about her failed marriage to a rich Polish Count. A woman who leaves her husband can never be accepted in polite society.
Newland Archer is engaged to young May Welland, but the beautiful and mysterious Countess needs his help. He becomes her friend and defender, but friendship with an unhappy, lonely woman is a dangerous path for a young man to follow - especially a young man who is soon to be married.
埃伦·奥兰斯卡伯爵夫人曾在欧洲生活多年,现在孤身回到了她在纽约的家,希望摆脱不幸婚姻带采的痛苦。19世纪20年代的纽约社交界是保守而古板的,埃伦的表妹梅·韦兰及其未婚夫纽兰·阿彻深谙其间的种种规矩。埃伦的到来掀起了纽约社交界的涟漪。纽兰、梅和埃伦陷入了一场关于爱情、名誉和责任的战斗。
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