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~ Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Novel - 1921
Newland Archer is preparing to marry the beautiful but conventional May Welland until the mysterious Countess Ellen Olenska returns to New York after a disastrous marriage, and Archer falls deeply in love with her. Torn between duty and passion, Archer struggles to make a decision that will either courageously define his life or mercilessly destroy it . . .
A masterful portrait of desire and betrayal during the sumptuous Golden Age of Old New York, The Age of Innocence is a Pulitzer-prize-winning novel that unfolds during a time when society people dreaded scandals more than the threat of disease, as well as a story that will leave its readers breathless with anticipation in the hope that true love and freedom will prevail despite the stubborn ways of a rigid society.