The Age of Innocence (Original Literary Texts)

The Age of Innocence (Original Literary Texts)

by Edith Wharton
The Age of Innocence (Original Literary Texts)

The Age of Innocence (Original Literary Texts)

by Edith Wharton

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Overview

The Age of Innocence is Edith Wharton's twelfth novel, initially serialized in four parts in the Pictorial Review magazine in 1920, and later released by D. Appleton and Company as a book in New York and in London. It won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, making Wharton the first woman to win the prize. The story is set in upper-class New York City in the 1870s, during the so-called Gilded Age.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781519643049
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date: 12/02/2015
Pages: 144
Product dimensions: 8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.31(d)

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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