The Age of Innocence: Masterful Portrait of Desire and Detrayal During the Sumptuous Golden Age of Old New York

by Edith Wharton

Overview

Winner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize, The Age of Innocence is Edith Wharton's masterful portrait of desire and betrayal during the sumptuous Golden Age of Old New York, a time when society people "dreaded scandal more than disease."

This is Newland Archer's world as he prepares to marry the beautiful but conventional May Welland. But when the mysterious Countess Ellen Olenska returns to New York after a disastrous marriage, Archer falls deeply in love with her.

Torn between duty and passion, Archer struggles to make a decision that will either courageously define his life-or mercilessly destroy it.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781805470342
Publisher:	Intell Book Publishers
Publication date:	01/13/2024
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.49(d)
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

About the Author

Born into a prosperous New York family, Edith Wharton (1862-1937) wrote more than 15 novels, including The Age of Innocence, The House of Mirth, Ethan Frome, and other esteemed books. She was distinguished for her work in the First World War and was the first woman to receive a Doctorate of Letters from Yale University. She died in France at the age of 75.

Date of Birth:

January 24, 1862

Date of Death:

August 11, 1937

Place of Birth:

New York, New York

Place of Death:

Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, France

Education:

Educated privately in New York and Europe