{"product_id":"2940149998098","title":"The Age of Innocence (Annotated)","description":"The Age of Innocence is Edith Wharton's twelfth book, initially serialized in four parts in the Pictorial Review magazine in 1920, and later released by D. Appleton and Company as a book in New York and in London. It won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, making it the first novel written by a woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and thus Wharton the first woman to win the prize.  The story is set in upper-class New York City in the 1870s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Age of Innocence focuses on an upper-class couple's impending marriage, and the introduction of the bride's cousin, plagued by scandal, whose presence threatens their happiness. Though the novel questions the assumptions and morals of 1870's New York society, it never devolves into an outright condemnation of the institution. In fact, Wharton considered this novel an \"apology\" for her earlier novel, The House of Mirth, which was more brutal and critical. The novel is noted for Wharton's attention to detail and its accurate portrayal of how the 19th-century East Coast American upper class lived, and the social tragedy of its plot. Wharton was 58 years old at publication; she had lived in that world and had seen it change dramatically by the end of World War I.\u003cbr\u003eThis edition has been formatted for your NOOK, with an active table of contents.  It has also been annotated, with extensive additional information about the book and its author, including an overview, summary, plot, characters, adaptations, biographical and bibliographical information.","brand":"Bronson Tweed Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47149356974320,"sku":"2940149998098","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149998098_p0.jpg?v=1763728164","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149998098","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}