--- product_id: 2807467 title: "The Age of Innocence (First Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)" price: "1352286₫" currency: VND in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.vn/products/2807467-the-age-of-innocence-first-edition-norton-critical-editions store_origin: VN region: Vietnam --- # The Age of Innocence (First Edition) (Norton Critical Editions) **Price:** 1352286₫ **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Age of Innocence (First Edition) (Norton Critical Editions) - **How much does it cost?** 1352286₫ with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vn](https://www.desertcart.vn/products/2807467-the-age-of-innocence-first-edition-norton-critical-editions) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Age of Innocence (First Edition) (Norton Critical Editions) [Wharton, Edith, Waid, Candace] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Age of Innocence (First Edition) (Norton Critical Editions) Review: Classic - A great classic, with first class professional annotation and discussion. Review: A Classic! - I had to read this book for my film analysis class and it was very very very good. It's a story about a man who can't make his own decisions when he has the chance. It's somewhat of a love story, so if you're a romantic then it's good for you. Plus in the back of the book there's all this extra information and opinions about it from other people. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | 0393967948 | | Best Sellers Rank | #161,630 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #5 in American Literature (Books) #117 in General Books & Reading #465 in Classic American Literature | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (76) | | Dimensions | 5.6 x 0.7 x 9.3 inches | | Edition | First Edition | | ISBN-10 | 9780393967944 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0393967944 | | Item Weight | 14.4 ounces | | Language | English | | Print length | 544 pages | | Publication date | December 20, 2002 | | Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company | ## Images ![The Age of Innocence (First Edition) (Norton Critical Editions) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61ercoZYbLL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Classic *by A***R on December 6, 2021* A great classic, with first class professional annotation and discussion. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Classic! *by J***Y on September 27, 2012* I had to read this book for my film analysis class and it was very very very good. It's a story about a man who can't make his own decisions when he has the chance. It's somewhat of a love story, so if you're a romantic then it's good for you. Plus in the back of the book there's all this extra information and opinions about it from other people. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A masterpiece of emotion and obligation *by T***R on November 11, 2008* Newland Archer, the protagonist of Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, opens this story as an almost haughtily optimistic and self-satisfied young man - at the top of New York society, about to announce his engagement to the beautiful and sought-after May Welland, with little to mar what seems to be a life of uninterrupted happiness and fulfillment. Wealth, industry, friends, family, a fiancé he loves dearly....what more could a young man want from life? He can even afford to have a few radical ideas, one of them being the opinion that women should speak their minds and be genuine in their deportment and self-awareness, shaking off - just a little, perhaps - the stringent and elaborate rituals of conformity forced on them by a well-meaning but ultimately hypocritical society. Despite the slightly smug impression we get of Archer at the beginning, it is this examination of himself that makes the reader realize there's more to him than most men of his age and class; that he possesses a sensitivity and longing for what is real, despite that reality's drawbacks, and it endears him to us. Early on he states, to the shock of his friend, that "Women should be free--as free as we are." Soon after, we get this insight into his mind as he reflects on what he sees around him in the marriages of his friends, parents, and relatives, which is precisely what he is determined to avoid between himself and May: "What could he and she really know of each other, since it was his duty, as a "decent" fellow, to conceal his past from her, and hers, as a marriageable girl, to have no past to conceal? What if, for some one of the subtler reasons that would tell with both of them, they should tire of each other, misunderstand or irritate each other? He reviewed his friends' marriages - the supposedly happy ones - and saw none that answered, even remotely, to the passionate and tender comradeship which he pictured as his permanent relation with May Welland. He perceived that such a picture presupposed, on her part, the experience, the versatility, the freedom of judgment, which she had been carefully trained not to possess; and with a shiver of foreboding he saw his marriage becoming what most of the other marriages about him were: a dull association of material and social interests held together by ignorance on the one side and hypocrisy on the other. .....In reality they all lived in a kind of hieroglyphic world, where the real thing was never said or done or even thought, but only represented by a set of arbitrary signs." So, this is where Archer is in life when May's cousin Ellen comes to New York from Paris, fleeing an illustriously-placed but disastrous marriage, and her entrance into New York society is tinged with scandal. When Archer falls in love with Ellen against all his better judgment and to what he knows would be the detriment of everything he deems crucial to his happiness, it's a torturous love that nearly drives him mad. That description may make it sound like a forgettable bit of romance, but forgettable bits of romance don't generally win Pulitzers, and the true heart of this story is about the decisions we make that shape our lives one way or another, and what kind of devastating emotional havoc the `wrong' love can wreak on a person's soul. Archer is forced down an emotionally-tormented path few of us would choose, I think, and in many ways it's both beautiful and tragic to watch his story unfold. I was incredibly moved by it. As mentioned, The Age of Innocence won Wharton the Pulizer Prize for fiction in 1921, making it the first time a woman had ever won the award. ## Frequently Bought Together - The Age of Innocence (First Edition) (Norton Critical Editions) - Newport: A Concise History (The History Press) - The Maze at Windermere: A Novel --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.vn/products/2807467-the-age-of-innocence-first-edition-norton-critical-editions](https://www.desertcart.vn/products/2807467-the-age-of-innocence-first-edition-norton-critical-editions) --- *Product available on Desertcart Vietnam* *Store origin: VN* *Last updated: 2026-05-18*