The Age of Innocence: The Original 1920 Unabridged And Complete Edition (Edith Wharton Classics)

The Age of Innocence: The Original 1920 Unabridged And Complete Edition (Edith Wharton Classics)

by Edith Wharton
The Age of Innocence: The Original 1920 Unabridged And Complete Edition (Edith Wharton Classics)

The Age of Innocence: The Original 1920 Unabridged And Complete Edition (Edith Wharton Classics)

by Edith Wharton

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Overview

The Age of Innocence is a 1920 novel by American author Edith Wharton. It was her eighth novel, and was initially serialized in 1920 in four parts, in the magazine Pictorial Review. Later that year, it was released as a book by D. Appleton & Company. It won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, making Wharton the first woman to win the prize. Though the committee had initially agreed to give the award to Sinclair Lewis for Main Street, the judges, in rejecting his book on political grounds, "established Wharton as the American 'First Lady of Letters'". The story is set in the 1870s, in upper-class, "Gilded Age" New York City. Wharton wrote the book in her 50s, after she was already established as a major author in high demand by publishers.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781915932600
Publisher: Global Publishers
Publication date: 07/24/2023
Sold by: De Marque
Format: eBook
Sales rank: 60,478
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

About The Author

Born into a prosperous New York family, Edith Wharton (1862-1937) wrote more than 15 novels, including The Age of Innocence, The House of Mirth, Ethan Frome, and other esteemed books. She was distinguished for her work in the First World War and was the first woman to receive a Doctorate of Letters from Yale University. She died in France at the age of 75.

Date of Birth:

January 24, 1862

Date of Death:

August 11, 1937

Place of Birth:

New York, New York

Place of Death:

Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, France

Education:

Educated privately in New York and Europe
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