The age of innocence, edith wharton the age of innocence is a 1920 novel by the american author edith wharton. Though the committee agreed to award the prize to sinclair lewis. But the age of innocence has as much in common with that popular oprahish romancerooted literary fashion as shakespeares romeo and juliet does. Whartons first chapter sets the tone of irony and hypocrisy that delineates the fabric of her old new york, the 1870s setting of the age of innocence. The age of innocence by edith wharton winner of the 1921 pulitzer prize, the age of innocence is an elegant, masterful portrait of desire and betrayal in old. Librivox recording of the age of innocence by edith wharton. The age of innocence amazonclassics edition kindle edition by wharton, edith.
The age of innocence ebook written by edith wharton. Edith whartons the age of innocence, published in 1920, tells the story of newland archer. Newland archer is wealthy, wellbred, and engaged to the beautiful may welland. Edith wharton 1862 1937 was a pulitzer prizewinning american novelist and short story writer. The age of innocence by edith wharton free online book. Edith wharton became the first woman to win the pulitzer prize for fiction with this 1920 novel about old new york society.
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The age of innocence edith wharton 1862 1937 in an era before the advent of electric lights, telephones or motor vehicles, there exists a small cluster of aristocratic old revolutionary stock families that rule new yorks social life. Edith wharton 1862 1937 was an american writer, and winner of the pulitzer prize in 1921, the first woman to do so. Though the novel questions the assumptions and mores of turn of the century new york society, it never devolves into an outright condemnation of the institution. It won the 1921 pulitzer prize for fiction, making it the first novel written by a woman to win the pulitzer prize for fiction, and making wharton the first woman to win a pulitzer. Appleton and company as a book in new york and in london. The project gutenberg etext of the age of innocence, by. The age of innocence by edith wharton download ebook. The genteel snobbery of the upper classes with its underlying cruelty and heartless judgments passed on those who cross the line is wonderfully depicted in the age of innocence. Free audiobook the age of innocence by edith wharton. The story is set in the 1870s, in upperclass, gildedage new york city. In her 1920 pulitzer prize winning novel, the age of innocence, edith wharton depicts with humor, wisdom and elegance the restrictions of life in the highest echelons of old new york society. It won the 1921 pulitzer prize for fiction, making wharton the first woman to win the prize. Books and films the age of innocence by edith wharton.
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