num_pages: 480
description: Complementing the complete text of Wharton's landmark novel, this extensive volume also includes a wealth of contextual material. "Background Readings" explores the culture of 1870s New York, as depicted in the novel, as well as views on marriage and divorce at that time. In "Other Writings by Edith Wharton," the author discusses fiction writing, old New York, women, and her winning of the Pulitzer Prize. The "Critical Readings" section features essays on the novel from a wide variety of perspectives.
language: English
title: The Age of Innocence
titlecomplete: The Age of Innocence (Riverside Editions)
characters: May Welland, Mrs. Manson Mingott, Mrs. Augusta Welland, Ellen Olenska, Newland Archer
genres: Fiction, 20th Century, Classics, Historical, New York, American, Historical Fiction, Romance, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 168112
places: New York City, New York, New York (State), The United States of America
awards: awardedAt: -1546272000000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Novel
publisher: Wadsworth Publishing