The Age of Innocence

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The Age of Innocence is a Pulitzer Prize–winning novel set in 1870s New York high society that explores themes of social convention, duty, and repressed desire.

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The Age of Innocence (novel) 1

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instanceOf novel
adaptation The Age of Innocence (1934 film)
The Age of Innocence (1993 film)
The Age of Innocence (stage adaptations)
author Edith Wharton
awarded Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
conflictType internal conflict
social conflict
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts New York high society
Old New York aristocracy
explores constraints of social codes
sacrifice of personal happiness
filmAdaptationDirector Martin Scorsese
filmAdaptationYear 1993
firstBookPublisher D. Appleton & Company
surface form: D. Appleton and Company
firstPublicationForm serialized
firstPublicationVenue Pictorial Review
focusesOn engagement and marriage of Newland Archer and May Welland
genre novel of manners
romantic novel
social novel
literaryMovement Realism
mainCharacter Ellen Olenska
May Welland
Newland Archer
mainTheme duty
gender roles
individual vs society
marriage
repressed desire
social convention
tradition vs change
narrativePerspective third-person narration
narrativeStyle omniscient narrator
notableAward Academy Award for Best Costume Design
surface form: Academy Award for Best Costume Design (1993 film adaptation)
notableCharacter Julius Beaufort
Mrs. Manson Mingott
Mrs. Welland
notableDistinction first novel by a woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
originalLanguage English
protagonist Newland Archer
publicationYear 1920
publisherCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
PulitzerPrizeYear 1921
setInSocialClass upper class
settingCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
settingLocation New York City
settingTimePeriod 1870s

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Joshua Reynolds notableWork The Age of Innocence
Jonathan Pryce notableWork The Age of Innocence
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