The Age of Innocence - out of print

Author(s): Edith Wharton

Fiction

Newland Archer is going to marry May Welland. It is an excellent match. His fiancee is sweet, pretty - and very conventional. The rest of Newland's life has been mapped out for him. But when May's beautiful and exotic cousin arrives in New York after a disastrous marriage, Newland is thrown into confusion by his feelings for her. Will he play it safe? Or will he risk everything - his marriage, his place in society, his future - for this mysterious woman?

General Information

  • : 9780141024936
  • : Penguin Books Ltd
  • : Penguin Classics
  • : 0.268
  • : 06 April 2006
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 05 December 2012
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Edith Wharton
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : 368

More About The Product

Edith Wharton (1862-1937). Wharton gained her first literary success with her book The House Of Mirth (1905). Among Wharton's most famous novels is The Age Of Innocence (1920), which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Other major works include the long tale Ethan Frome (1911) and The Reef (1912). Wharton also wrote poems, essays, travel books and her autobiography, A Backward Glance (1934).