description: Engaged to the docile May Welland, Newland Archer falls madly in love with the nonconformist Countess Olenska, an older woman with a reputation, but his allegiance to the social code of their set makes their love an impossibility.
language: English
title: The Age of Innocence
titlecomplete: The Age of Innocence
characters: Mrs. Manson Mingott, Ellen Olenska, Mrs. Augusta Welland, Newland Archer, May Welland
genres: 20th Century, American, New York, Historical Fiction, Historical, Novels, Literature, Classics, Romance, Fiction
ratings_count: 168102
places: New York City, New York, The United States of America, New York (State)
awards: awardedAt: -1546272000000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Novel
publisher: Buccaneer Books