The Age of Innocence -- Edith Wharton

Winner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize, The Age of Innocence is an elegant, masterful portrait of desire and betrayal in old New York--now with a new introduction from acclaimed author Colm Tóibín for the novel's centennial. With vivid power, Wharton evokes a time of gaslit streets, formal dances held in the ballrooms of stately brownstones, and society people "who dreaded scandal more than disease." This is Newland Archer's world as he prepares to many the docile May Welland. Then, suddenly, the mysterious, intensely nonconformist Countess Ellen Olenska returns to New York after a long absence, turning Archer's world upside down. This classic Wharton tale of thwarted love is an exuberantly comic and profoundly moving look at the passions of the human heart, as well as a literary achievement of the highest order.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Edith Wharton<br><b>Publisher:</b> Scribner Book Company<br><b>Published:</b> 03/04/1998<br><b>Pages:</b> 384<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.71lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.98h x 5.38w x 0.85d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780684842370<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 8.8<br><b>Point Value:</b> 19<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Upper Grade<br><b>Quiz #/Name: </b>10826 / Age of Innocence<br><br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was an American novelist--the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for her novel <i>The Age of Innocence </i>in 1921--as well as a short story writer, playwright, designer, reporter,