The Age Of Innocence (Paperback)

The Age Of Innocence

With her Pulitzer Prize-winning The Age of Innocence (1920), Wharton recreated the Old New York of her own childhood, in a moving tale of passion and desire. “Edith Wharton is a writer who brings glory to the name of America, and this is her best book. It is one of the best novels of the twentieth century … a permanent addition to literature”

Here is a novel whose basis is a story. It begins on a night at the opera. The characters are introduced naturally every action and every conversation advance the plot. The style is a thing of beauty from first page to last…. The appearance of a book such as The Age of Innocence is a matter for public rejoicing. It is one of the best novels of the twentieth century and looks like a permanent addition to literature.

(The New York Times Book Review)