Edith Wharton - author of more than twenty novels and ten collections of short stories - the first female writer awarded the Pulitzer Prize, three times a nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature Her works, repeatedly screened, have long been included in the gold fund of American literature. The three novels included in the present volume can be called the brightest and most brilliant works of Edith Wharton. The novel “The Age of Innocence”, which brought the Pulitzer Prize to the author, tells a fascinating story woven from intrigue, suspicion, guilt and passion. Its main character, a lawyer leading an everyday life, who dreams of real passion, learns from his experience how dangerous dreams are that turn into reality. The novel “In the house of fun” tells the story of a young beauty Lily Bart, who dreams of a profitable marriage. However, despite the abundance of fans, Lily again and again misses the favorable chances, eaten either by the demon of self-destruction, or by the expectation of great love. The heroes of the novel "In the rays of the twinkling moon" Susie Branch and Nick Lansing - smart, beautiful, with a lot of rich and influential friends - but without a penny in his pocket After the wedding, they go on a trip to Europe, where the couple is waiting for a lot of unexpected adventures, temptations and discoveries.