The Age Of Innocence Book Movie

The Age Of Innocence Book Movie. Our author this time is edith wharton who grew up in america and europe in a luxury lifestyle with the top. In “the age of innocence” edith wharton uses characterization over plot to emphasize the ways in which a death of innocence is taking place in society.

The wealthiest and most powerful families in new york city mingle in their own social set, marrying each other and doing business together. It won the 1921 pulitzer prize for fiction, making wharton the first woman to win the prize. Newland would prefer to remember this love at its height, and continue to maintain his word that he would be true to his wife and children.

A portrait of the film based on the novel by edith wharton (pictorial moviebook)

A portrait of the film based on the novel by edith wharton (pictorial moviebook) A historical love story set in new york city in the gilded age, peppered with feminist ideas. This week’s installment is martin scorcese’s “the age of innocence.” the beginning of scorcese’s period film is all about gounod’s “faust.” as the credits roll by in their magical power, we are treated to a somber passage from the opera, highlighting the tragic nature of the film. Edith wharton’s novel the age of innocence presented a new york city diametrically opposed to travis bickle’s.