This Side of Innocence, Taylor Caldwell
This Side of Innocence, Taylor Caldwell
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This Side of Innocence

Author: Taylor Caldwell

Narrator: Paul Woodson

Unabridged: 25 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/17/2023

Synopsis

#1 New York Times Bestseller: A saga of power, greed, and illicit love set in the Gilded Age of upstate New York.

Jerome Lindsey and his foster brother, Alfred, couldn't be more different. The son of a wealthy banker in upstate New York, Jerome leaves home for a life of extravagance and adventure, seducing countless women along the way. Meanwhile, Alfred becomes an executive at the family bank and his adoptive father's heir apparent. After his wife dies, Alfred shows little interest in remarrying—until he meets Amalie Maxwell, the ravishing and headstrong daughter of a tenant farmer.

Fearing that his inheritance is at stake, Jerome returns home to expose Amalie as a shameless gold digger. But the more he schemes against her, the closer he's drawn to her. Now, Jerome and Amalie will discover the thin line between love and hate—and that a moment of passion can have a lifetime's worth of consequences.

A mesmerizing tale of forbidden desire and a brilliant portrait of small-town America during the Reconstruction Era, This Side of Innocence is "a masterful piece of storytelling" from one of the twentieth century's most beloved authors (The Philadelphia Inquirer).

Contains mature themes.

About Taylor Caldwell

Taylor Caldwell (1900-1985) was an Anglo-American novelist and prolific author of popular fiction, also known by the pen names Marcus Holland and Max Reiner, and by her married name of J. Miriam Reback.

In her fiction, she often used real historical events or persons. Caldwell's best-known works include Dynasty of Death, Dear and Glorious Physician (about Saint Luke), Ceremony of the Innocent, Pillar of Iron, The Earth Is the Lord's (about Genghis Khan), and Captains and the Kings. Her last major novel, Answer as a Man, appeared in 1980.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gaenolee on August 08, 2011

A very dated novel, Caldwell sometimes veers off into extensive philosophical or social posturing, leaving one to wonder what is happening with the characters. Some of this extra writing is alright, but I felt most was excessive, since it seemed to spoon-feed her personal viewpoint to the reader. I......more

Goodreads review by Ann on December 29, 2012

I read this long ago, when I was say, in my early teens. I reread it periodically until I got to be an adult. It's a real tear jerker of a story that centers around two men and a woman. It's set in rural New York State after the Civil War. It's a page turner, plus this time, I noticed all of the com......more

Goodreads review by Sondra on September 09, 2018

Two men are in love with the same woman, who happens to be married to one of the men. To complicate matters, the two men are brothers, albeit by adoption, and the stage is set for high drama. The woman at the center of this love triangle is the hauntingly beautiful Amalie, a former school teacher fr......more

Goodreads review by Louis on June 26, 2019

I'm reading this late in life and find it cumbersome. Lots of interesting information about the US after the Civil War. Caldwell pushes her outlook on life with a complicated love triangle. Scenery and atmosphere beautifully presented. Overall, a nice read. May have been challenging at ages 17,27 bu......more

Goodreads review by Sonia on April 12, 2012

All the elements of a Romantic story, love, passion, revenge, hatred and of course greed. Taylor Caldwell, delves deep into each character, displaying them with all their weaknesses as well as strengths. The book deals with the question of Industrialisation, its effects on Society as compared to Agra......more

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