Beneath the outwardly respectable fabric of old New York runs this powerfully appealing and dramatic story of two sisters and the daughter of one of these women.
THE SPARK The ’Sixties
A study in influences. The central character is strangely out of tune with his surroundings. As is finally disclosed, this is because he had come under the influence of a great man, a herald of a later time.
NEW YEAR’S DAY The ’Seventies
The poignant story of Lizzie Hazeldean, ostracized from her social sphere because the New York of the ’Seventies could not comprehend the sacrifice she had made for her husband.
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EDITH WHARTON’S
THE AGE OF INNOCENCE
Awarded the $1,000 Pulitzer Prize by Columbia University in June, 1921, as “the American novel published during the year which best presented the wholesome atmosphere of American life and the highest standard of American manners and manhood.”
“The best piece of fiction of the present season.”—The Outlook.