"The Age of Innocence" centers on an upper-class couple\'s impending marriage, and the introduction of the bride\'s cousin, plagued by scandal, whose presence threatens their happiness. "Old New York" is a collection of four novellas revolving aro.
The novel is noted for attention to detail and its accurate portrayal of how the 19th-century East Coast American upper class lived, as well as for the social tragedy of its plot.
The story is set in the 1870s, in upper-class, "Gilded-Age" New York City. "The Age of Innocence" centers on an upper-class couple\'s impending marriage, and the introduction of the bride\'s cousin, plagued by scandal, whose presence threatens their happiness