Societies Clenching Paws The adaptation of the stories Daisy Miller and The Age of Innocence into movies are a seamless one. Henry James and Edith Wharton, the writers of the two works, both focused on the issue of wealthy American society and its discontents. The two stories were written in relatively the same time period (the late 19th, early 20th century). These two movies share many qualities, but they also share a small number of contrasting elements. One of the main themes of the two works is the pursuit of wealth. Whether it be wealth of power, wealth in monetary terms,....

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