The Age of Innocence
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The Age of Innocence
Edith Wharton
Literature
James Mustich
Aug 3, 2018
Edith Wharton’s best fiction is a form of intelligence, a gathering of detailed information that turns revelatory under her persistent and insightful gaze. She wrote about the world she knew—New York high society at the turn of the twentieth century, where rules were unbreakable, money was silent, and retribution for social transgression was severe. Her novels are both art and espionage. Compared with her earlier novel, The House of Mirth, The Age of Innocence paints a more nuanced and sympathetic portrait of the upper crust, both acknowledging and exposing the machinations that take place behind its genteel façade. It’s a brilliant social critique as well as a sweeping love story. Alongside The House of Mirth, it stands among the best novels ever written about the unraveling of individual destinies in the seductive—and enduring—bear pit of New York society.
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Carol Ann Weaver
Aug 4, 2023
Love this book. So well-written. I read House of Mirth years ago, but this has always been on my list.
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Eli
Jan 29
Must read!
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