Three Novels of Old New York: The House of Mirth; The Custom of the Country; The Age of Innocence

edith wharton

Wharton's acclaimed portrayals of life, love, and marriage among New York's wealthy society in the early years of this century depict with subtle irony the cruelties of social conventions and the contradictions between monetary values and moral values. These three novels are the best representations of Wharton's intuitive insight.

Genres classicsfictionhistorical fictionamericanromanceliterary fiction20th centuryliteraturenew yorkthe united states of america

992 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1910

This edition

Format: 992 pages, Paperback
Published: June 1, 1997 by Penguin Classics
ISBN: 9780140189841
ASIN: 014018984X
Language: English

About the author

edith wharton

Edith Wharton was an American writer and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper-class New York "aristocracy" to portray, realistically, the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. In 1921, she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, for her novel, The Age of Innocence. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame, in 1996. Her other well-known works are The House of Mirth, the novella Ethan Frome, and several notable ghost stories.