The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about love and the limitations of privilege, and the basis for Martin Scorsese's outstanding, award-winning adaptation in 1993, now renewed for Union Square & Co.'s Signature Classics series.

The Age of Innocence begins with Newland Archer—lawyer and heir to one of New York's most privileged families—anticipating his marriage to the calm, beautiful, and also privileged May Welland. However, when Newland meets May's cousin, the beautiful and scandal-plagued Countess Ellen Olenska, he begins to doubt his choice of bride and his place within the shallow, gilded prison of social life.

If Countess Olenska dares to leave her destructive marriage and defy the unwritten, ironclad rules that have shaped her life—what freedom is possible for him? And what does true innocence look like in a world drowned in empty customs, trivial disputes, and the appearance of kindness?

The Age of Innocence is one of Edith Wharton's greatest novels and a true classic that continues to inspire and captivate readers today.