Edith Wharton's novel, "The Age of Innocence," explores the social conventions and hidden desires of New York's upper class in the 1870s. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1921, making Wharton the first woman to receive the award.
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Edith Wharton's novel, "The Age of Innocence," explores the social conventions and hidden desires of New York's upper class in the 1870s. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1921, making Wharton the first woman to receive the award.