Winner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize, &quot;The Age of Innocence&quot; is Edith Wharton&rsquo;s masterful portrait of desire and betrayal during the sumptuous Golden Age of Old New York.<br />This is Newland Archer&rsquo;s world as he prepares to marry the beautiful but conventional May Welland. But when the mysterious Countess Ellen Olenska returns to New York after a disastrous marriage, Archer falls deeply in love with her. Torn between duty and passion, Archer struggles to make a decision that will either courageously define his life&mdash;or mercilessly destroy it.