Age of Innocence (First Edition) (The Norton Library)

Winner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize, Edith Whartons The Age of Innocence depicts with masterful irony and nostalgic detail a vanished worldthe glittering, elite society of Gilded Age New Yorkat the height of its power and on the brink of its demise. When Newland Archers comfortable future is thrown into uncertainty by the arrival of the brazenly unconventional Ellen Olenska, subtle consequences unfold as Whartons characters navigate conflicts of passion and propriety, demonstrating the genius of a great American novelist at the top of her game (Ta-Nehisi Coates).