The Age of Innocence

Resumen del libro

Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Age of Innocence, is both a poignant story of frustrated love and an extraordinarily vivid, delightfully satirical record of a vanished world - the Gilded Age of New York City. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful hardbacks make perfect gifts for book lovers, or wonderful additions to your own collection.

This edition features an introduction by award-winning novelist Rachel Cusk, author of Outline. As the scion of one of New York's leading families, Newland Archer has been born into a life of sumptuous privilege and strict duty. But the arrival of the Countess Olenska, a free spirit who breathes clouds of European sophistication, makes him question the path on which his upbringing has set him.

As his fascination with her grows, he discovers just how hard it is to escape the bonds of the society that has shaped him. The novel was the inspiration for Martin Scorsese's film of the same name, starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Winona Ryder.

Biografía del autor

Edith Wharton (1862-1937) nació en Nueva York, en el seno de una familia adinerada y distinguida, y es considerada una de las más grandes escritoras estadounidenses. Fue la primera mujer galardonada con un Premio Pulitzer. "La edad de la inocencia" fue llevada a la pantalla por Martin Scorsese en 1993, protagonizada por Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer y Winona Ryder. Otras obras de la autora en Alianza Editorial: "Estío", "Ethan Frome" y "Las hermanas Bunner".