{"product_id":"the-age-of-innocence-edith-wharton-9781499764147","title":"The Age of Innocence: Original and Unabridged","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Age of Innocence\u003c\/b\u003e is author \u003ci\u003eEdith Wharton's\u003c\/i\u003e 12th novel. It won the 1921 \u003ci\u003ePulitzer Prize for Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, making it the first novel written by a woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and thus Wharton the first woman to win the prize. The story is set in upper-class New York City in the 1870s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Age of Innocence centers on an upper-class couple's impending marriage, and the introduction of a woman plagued by scandal whose presence threatens their happiness. Though the novel questions the assumptions and morals of 1870s New York society, it never devolves into an outright condemnation of the institution. In fact, Wharton considered this novel an \"apology\" for her earlier novel, The House of Mirth, which was more brutal and critical.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel is noted for Wharton's attention to detail and its accurate portrayal of how the 19th-century East Coast American upper class lived, and the social tragedy of its plot. Wharton was 58 years old at publication; she had lived in that world and had seen it change dramatically by the end of World War I.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe title is an ironic comment on the polished outward manners of New York society when compared to its inward machinations. It is believed to have been drawn from the popular 1785 painting A Little Girl by Sir Joshua Reynolds that later became known as The Age of Innocence and was widely reproduced as the commercial face of childhood in the later half of the 18th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edith Wharton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1499764146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781499764147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/26\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e10826 \/ Age of Innocence\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Edith Wharton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043822104831,"sku":"9781499764147","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c6c89d58-782b-4590-a85e-5ab38f8383a6.jpg?v=1684969334","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-age-of-innocence-edith-wharton-9781499764147","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}