We can\'t behave like people in novels, though, can we?--Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence In a society where people dreaded scandal more than disease, passion was a force of ruin.
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When soon-to-be-wed Newland Archer finds himself enraptured by his bride-to-be\'s code-flouting cousin, he faces a turbulent battle between passion and social value.
Winner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize, Edith Wharton\'s The Age of Innocence is set amidst the pre-World War I Golden Age of upper-class society in New York, and is framed by society\'s strict moral code.
We can\'t behave like people in novels, though, can we?--Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence In a society where people dreaded scandal more than disease, passion was a force of ruin
