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Mrs. Adeline Archer
Newland Archer’s rather socially awkward sister, Janey has never married and seems to have no prospects of marriage. As a virgin, she must keep up appearances of innocence, and her presence in a room often causes guests to cut off their conversation just before it turns to topics not considered delicate enough for her ears. However, she often betrays her interest in these more scandalous topics and she acts as a comic element in the narrative. She is very close with—and similar to—her mother, Mrs. Archer.
Janey Archer Quotes in The Age of Innocence
The The Age of Innocence quotes below are all either spoken by Janey Archer or refer to Janey Archer. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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In all the rainy desert of autumnal London there were only two people whom the Newland Archers knew; and these two they had sedulously avoided, in conformity with the old New York tradition that it was not “dignified” to force oneself on the notice of one’s acquaintances in foreign countries.
Mrs. Archer and Janey... had so unflinchingly lived up to this principle... that they had almost achieved the record of never having exchanged a word with a “foreigner” other than those employed in hotels and railway-stations.
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Janey Archer Quotes in The Age of Innocence
The The Age of Innocence quotes below are all either spoken by Janey Archer or refer to Janey Archer. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 20
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In all the rainy desert of autumnal London there were only two people whom the Newland Archers knew; and these two they had sedulously avoided, in conformity with the old New York tradition that it was not “dignified” to force oneself on the notice of one’s acquaintances in foreign countries.
Mrs. Archer and Janey... had so unflinchingly lived up to this principle... that they had almost achieved the record of never having exchanged a word with a “foreigner” other than those employed in hotels and railway-stations.
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