Author: Edith Wharton

Binding: Softback

Category: Fiction English

Pages:244

Publisher: Readings

ISBN: 9786275100188

About the book:

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton, Pulitzer Prize winner, intricately captures the tension between personal desire and rigid social expectations in 1870s New York high society. Through the conflicted Newland Archer, Wharton reveals the complexities of duty, passion, and the consequences of challenging convention. The novel's nuanced characters and incisive social critique illuminate the costs of conformity and the subtle violences beneath genteel appearances, making it a timeless study of human restraint and emotional conflict.