Edith Wharton
Publisher: Wordsworth Classics
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Ware, Hertfordshire, England
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 229
Description: Widely regarded as one of Edith Wharton's greatest achievements, 'The Age of Innocence' is a satirical and sometimes dark and disturbing comedy of manners which explores the 'eternal triangle' of love, set against the backdrop of upper-class New York society during the 1870s.  

Meticulously researched, Wharton evokes the manners and style of the period.  First published in 1920, Wharton was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1921 for the work, and became the first women writer to win this most significant of awards.