# The Awkward Age

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- Book: [The Awkward Age](https://www.bookquiver.com/henry-james/the-awkward-age) ([The Awkward Age.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/henry-james/the-awkward-age.md))
- Authors: [Henry James](https://www.bookquiver.com/henry-james)
- Publisher: Everyman
- ISBN: 978-18-5715-152-7
- Pages: 440
- Published: 1993-05-20
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

The story of young Nanda Brookenham's struggle to preserve her honesty in the brilliant but corrupt world of her parents is a drama of innocence betrayed yet preserved. Written when James was recovering from the shock od failure as a playwright, THE AWKWARD AGE is one of his greatest masterpieces. Conceived like a play terms of scenes and conducted largely through witty dialogue, the novel bears the triumphant signs of his painful apprenticeship in the theatre