Age of Innocence

The Pulitzer Prizewinning novel about love and the constraints of privilege, and the basis for Martin Scorseses outstanding, award-winning 1993 adaptation, now freshly repackaged for the Union Square & Co. Signature Classics Line.The Age of Innocencebegins with Newland Archergentleman-lawyer and scion of one of New Yorks most privileged familiesanticipating his marriage to the gentle, lovely, and equally privileged May Welland. But when Newland meets Mays cousin, the beautiful and scandal-ridden Countess Ellen Olenska, he begins to doubt his choice of bride and his place within the shallow, gilded cage of society life. If the Countess Olenska can dare to leave her disastrous marriage, can defy the unspoken, iron-clad rules that have shaped her lifewhat freedoms are possible for him? And what does true innocence look like in a world strangled by hollow custom, trivial squabbles, and the appearance of goodness?The Age of Innocenceis one of Edith Whartons greatest novels and a true classic that continues to inspire and transfix readers today.