The Age of Innocence (Word Cloud Classics)
By Edith Wharton.
Description
In a society where people dreaded scandal more than disease,” passion was a force of ruin. Winner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize, Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence is set amidst the pre-World War I Golden Age” of upper-class society in New York and is framed by society’s strict moral code. When soon-to-be-wed Newland Archer finds himself enraptured by his bride-to-be’s code-flouting cousin, he faces a turbulent battle between passion and social values. One of the great masterpieces in American literature, The Age of Innocence is now available as part of the Wo...
ISBN(s)
1626860564, 9781626860568
