The Age of Innocence-纯真年代

作者：Edith Wharton

书名：The Age of Innocence《纯真年代》

中文简介：《纯真年代》（英语：The Age of Innocence）是伊迪丝·华顿的第十二本小说，最初在1920年的《Pictorial Review》杂志上分四部分连载，后来由D. Appleton & Company以书本形式在纽约和伦敦发行。本书赢得了1921年普利策小说奖，使得华顿成为第一个获得该奖的女人。尽管委员会最初同意将该奖项授予辛克莱·路易斯，但由于政治上的理由，评判驳回了他的小说《Main Street》，并且“确立华顿为美国第一夫人文学家”，其讽刺的是委员会授予《纯真年代》奖项的理由是否定华顿自己露骨和隐约的讽刺，这使本书如此值得关注。本书故事是设定在镀金时代期间，1870年代的纽约市上层阶级。在华顿与出版商为她的作品吵架并成为一名成功的作家后，于50岁时写了这本著作。

英文简介：Widely regarded as one of Edith Wharton's greatest achievements, The Age of Innocence is not only subtly satirical, but also a sometimes dark and disturbing comedy of manners in its exploration of the 'eternal triangle' of love.

Set against the backdrop of upper-class New York society during the 1870s, the author's combination of powerful prose combined with a thoroughly researched and meticulous evocation of the manners and style of the period, has delighted readers since the novel's first publication in 1920.

In 1921 The Age of Innocence achieved a double distinction - it won the Pulitzer Prize and it was the first time this prestigious award had been won by a woman author.