The Age of Innocence

The Age of Innocence
ISBN-10
1536836567
ISBN-13
9781536836561
Series
The Age of Innocence
Pages
270
Language
English
Published
2016-08
Publisher
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Authors
Edith Wharton, Joseph Nomeh

Description

The Age of Innocence centers on one society couple's impending marriage and the introduction of a scandalous woman whose presence threatens their happiness. Though the novel questions the assumptions and mores of turn of the century New York society, it never devolves into an outright condemnation of the institution. In fact, Wharton considered this novel an "apology" for the earlier, more brutal and critical, "The House of Mirth". Not to be overlooked is the author's...

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