"Age of Innocence" by Edith Warton
Sep 17, 2024•56 min
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Episode description
Edith Wharton's 1920 novel is set in 1870s New York City, and explores the conflict between individual desire and cultural expectations in New York City's high society. This landmark jazz-age novel won Wharton the Pulitzer Prize in 1921, the first woman to recieve the award.
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