✍︎ About the Author · Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton was an American novelist, short-story writer and designer born in 1862. Raised within the privileged New York society she would later examine so sharply, she became known for her precise portrayals of class, manners, marriage and social constraint. Her major works include The House of Mirth, Ethan Frome and The Age of Innocence. In 1921 she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Wharton died in 1937 and remains one of the major American novelists of the early twentieth century.
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The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton
The Age of Innocence transports readers into the elegant but tightly controlled world of wealthy New York society in the 1870s. Newland Archer is preparing to marry the respectable May Welland when the arrival of the unconventional Countess Ellen Olenska forces him to question the expectations that have shaped his life. As Newland becomes increasingly drawn to Ellen, personal desire comes into conflict with duty, reputation and the unwritten rules of his social circle. Edith Wharton exposes the quiet power of convention and the cost of choosing between belonging and freedom. Subtle, beautifully observed and emotionally complex, The Age of Innocence is both a love story and a critique of a society governed by appearances. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, making Wharton the first woman to receive the award.
- Genre
- Literary Fiction / Historical Fiction / Romance
- Series
- Nu Voice Paperback Classics
- Binding
- Paperback
- Pages
- 367
- ISBN
- 978-93-80041-13-1
- Combo eligible
- Yes
✍︎ About the Author · Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton was an American novelist, short-story writer and designer born in 1862. Raised within the privileged New York society she would later examine so sharply, she became known for her precise portrayals of class, manners, marriage and social constraint. Her major works include The House of Mirth, Ethan Frome and The Age of Innocence. In 1921 she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Wharton died in 1937 and remains one of the major American novelists of the early twentieth century.