{"product_id":"the-age-of-innocence-9780684842370","title":"The Age of Innocence","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize, \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Innocence\u003c\/i\u003e is an elegant, masterful portrait of desire and betrayal in old New York\u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003enow with a new introduction from\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eacclaimed author Colm Tóibín for the novel's centennial. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith vivid power, Wharton evokes a time of gaslit streets, formal dances held in the ballrooms of stately brownstones, and society people \"who dreaded scandal more than disease.\" This is Newland Archer's world as he prepares to many the docile May Welland. Then, suddenly, the mysterious, intensely nonconformist Countess Ellen Olenska returns to New York after a long absence, turning Archer's world upside down. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis classic Wharton tale of thwarted love is an exuberantly comic and profoundly moving look at the passions of the human heart, as well as a literary achievement of the highest order.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdith Wharton (1862-1937) was an American novelist--the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for her novel \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Innocence \u003c\/i\u003ein 1921--as well as a short story writer, playwright, designer, reporter, and poet. Her other works include \u003ci\u003eEthan Frome\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe House of Mirth\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRoman Fever and Other Stories.\u003c\/i\u003e Born into one of New York's elite families, she drew upon her knowledge of upper-class aristocracy to realistically portray the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eColm Tóibín is the author of eleven novels, including \u003ci\u003eLong Island\u003c\/i\u003e, an Oprah's Book Club Pick; \u003ci\u003eThe Magician\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Rathbones Folio Prize; \u003ci\u003eThe Master\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize; \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Costa Book Award; and \u003ci\u003eNora Webster\u003c\/i\u003e; as well as two story collections and several books of criticism. He is the Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University and was named the 2022-2024 Laureate for Irish Fiction by the Arts Council of Ireland.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eHe was shortlisted three times for the Booker Prize. He was also awarded the Bodley Medal, the Würth Prize for European Literature, and the Prix Femina spécial for his body of work.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50610452889874,"sku":"9780684842370","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_aa25ac29-376f-47c5-9c57-06107e772ea2.jpg?v=1749035398","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-age-of-innocence-9780684842370","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}