Is a novel by Edith Wharton published in 1920 and was awarded in 1921 with Prize Pulitzer.1 The action of the novel takes place in New York society in the 1870s. The Age of Innocence was published twice: first as a serial in the magazine Pictorial Review, July-October 1920; and later as a book by D. Appleton and Company, both in New York and London. He received a warm welcome; according to Times Book Review it was "a brilliant panorama of New York 45 years ago. The most sought novel in public libraries and a best seller in bookstores."