Edith Wharton

This map takes you to the New York portrayed in Wharton’s magnificent novel. The story is set in the exclusive upper-class society of the 1870s, in a growing New York where the old, established families around Washington Square—with their long-standing traditions—are challenged by the new age. The novel also unfolds in many other locations across the U.S. and Europe, all of which are shown on the map.