The Age of Innocence Resources

Websites

Edith Wharton's Humble Home

A website maintained by the curators at the Mount, her home in Lenox, MA, which is now a museum.

The Age of Innocence

An e-text version of the novel.

Movie or TV Productions

The Age of Innocence (1993)

Directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Winona Ryder.

Historical Documents

Wharton's Deadly Research

Now that you know how easily she disposes of her characters, why did she give the characters in The Age of Innocence such long lives?

Wharton's Countess Olenska

We can think of Edith Wharton as Newland Archer and Morton Fullerton as Countess Olenska after reading these passionate letters.

Video

The Age of Innocence (Trailer)

Trailer for Martin Scorcese's 1993 adaptation of the novel.

Behind the Scenes of The Age of Innocence, Part 1 of 3

Hear the stars of The Age of Innocence chat about their Wharton-errific experience.

Behind the Scenes of The Age of Innocence, Part 2 of 3

Hear the stars of The Age of Innocence chat about their Wharton-errific experience.

Behind the Scenes of The Age of Innocence, Part 3 of 3

Hear the stars of The Age of Innocence chat about their Wharton-errific experience.

Audio

Wharton Gossip

A NPR story that peers into the passionate love affair that derailed Edith Wharton's life, Newland Archer-style.

Images

The Death of Actaeon

A depiction of Actaeon's grisly death in punishment for seeing the Greek goddess Diana naked.

The Age of Innocence (1788)

Edith Wharton took her title from Sir Joshua Reynolds' portrait of his favorite niece.