The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton
332 pages· 2012
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Alternate cover edition for ISBN10 1853262102 ISBN13 9781853262104.
Widely regarded as one of Edith Wharton's greatest achievements The Age of Innocence is a satirical and sometimes dark and disturbing comedy of manners which explores the "eternal triangle" of love against the backdrop of upper-class New York society during the 1870s. The author's combination of powerful prose with thoroughly researched and meticulous evocation of the manners and style of the period has delighted readers since the novel's first publication in 1920.
The Age of Innocence won the Pulitzer Prize in 1921 - the first time it had been won by a woman author.
Widely regarded as one of Edith Wharton's greatest achievements The Age of Innocence is a satirical and sometimes dark and disturbing comedy of manners which explores the "eternal triangle" of love against the backdrop of upper-class New York society during the 1870s. The author's combination of powerful prose with thoroughly researched and meticulous evocation of the manners and style of the period has delighted readers since the novel's first publication in 1920.
The Age of Innocence won the Pulitzer Prize in 1921 - the first time it had been won by a woman author.
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