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The Age of Innocence - Edith Wharton

The Age of Innocence - Edith Wharton

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"Wharton (in 1921) was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction with this classic novel, which I first read and loved in 2006.

In 1870s New York, Newland Archer, a gentleman lawyer, is happily engaged to marry innocently beautiful May Welland, but begins to waver after meeting, May's exotic and beautiful cousin Ellen Olenska.

A story of love thwarted and denied by the then rigid and proper New York society that was already loosening up and was finally swept away by WWI. Not a lot happens, but it exerts an emotional grip because of what goes tragically unsaid. More than that, it's a brilliant, witty depiction of a hypocritical society." - Amazon Customer Reviews

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Widely regarded as one of Edith Wharton's greatest achievements, The Age of Innocence is not only subtly satirical, but also a sometimes dark and disturbing comedy of manners in its exploration of the 'eternal triangle' of love.

Set against the backdrop of upper-class New York society during the 1870s, the author's combination of powerful prose combined with a thoroughly researched and meticulous evocation of the manners and style of the period, has delighted readers since the novel's first publication in 1920.

In 1921 The Age of Innocence achieved a double distinction--it won the Pulitzer Prize and it was the first time this prestigious award had been won by a woman author.