Newland Archer, society scion, is engaged to May Welland. But his orderly life becomes chaotic when May meets the unconventional cousin of May, the Countess Olenska. Newland is initially a supporter of the Countess. She has been separated from her abusive husband and becomes socially marginalized in New York's restrictive high society. But he discovers in her a friend, and the two fall in love. Marg Baskin
