The Age of Innocence is not only Subtly satirical, but also a something drak and disturbing comedy of manners in its exploration of the eternal triangle of love. Set againts the back drop of upper-class New York society during the 1870s, the autor's combination of powerful prose combined with a thoroughly researchedand meticolous ecovation of the manners and the style of the period, has delighted readers since the novel's first publication in 1920.