On Sale: Sep 24, 2024
Page Count: 320 pages
Publisher: Union Square & Co. Publishing
ISBN-13: 9781454954491

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The Pulitzer Prize–winning novel about love and the constraints of privilege, and the basis for Martin Scorsese’s outstanding, award-winning 1993 adaptation, now freshly repackaged for the Union Square & Co. Signature Classics Line.

The Age of Innocence begins with Newland Archer—gentleman-lawyer and scion of one of New York’s most privileged families—anticipating his marriage to the gentle, lovely, and equally privileged May Welland. But when Newland meets May’s cousin, the beautiful and scandal-ridden Countess Ellen Olenska, he begins to doubt his choice of bride and his place within the shallow, gilded cage of society life. If the Countess Olenska can dare to leave her disastrous marriage, can defy the unspoken, iron-clad rules that have shaped her life—what freedoms are possible for him? And what does true innocence look like in a world strangled by hollow custom, trivial squabbles, and the appearance of goodness? The Age of Innocence is one of Edith Wharton’s greatest novels and a true classic that continues to inspire and transfix readers today.

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Edith Wharton

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Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, and designer. She drew upon her insider’s knowledge of New York’s upper class to realistically portray their lives and morals in the Gilded Age. She was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1921.

Anita Brookner is the Booker Prize-winning author of The Hotel du Lac. She lives in England.

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