The Age of Innocence is Edith Wharton's 12th novel, published in 1920, which won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize. The story is set in upper-class New York City in the 1870s. In 1920, The Age of Innocence was serialized in four parts in the Pictorial Review magazine, and later released by D. Appleton and Company as a book in New York and in London. [Film, TV or theatrical adaptations] In 1924, a silent film film adaptation was released by Warner Brothers, directed by Wesley Ruggles, and starring Beverl