age of innocence

A guide to reading and understand Edith Wharton's "The Age of Innocence" that includes an annotated edition of the novel, plus critical essays examining the novel's themes, structure, literary significance, and characters.

Presents Edith Wharton's early twentieth-century novel in which she portrays New York in the 1870s as a society in which money counts for less than manners and morals, and includes contextual materials, as well as critical commentary and analysis.

Analyzes the novel "The Age of Innocence" and includes biographical information about Edith Wharton, a thematic and structural analysis, a list of characters, and portions of critical essays written about the novel.

Presents a collection of eleven critical essays on Edith Wharton's "The Age of Innocence" from a variety of noted literary scholars and contains an introductory essay by Harold Bloom and chronology.