Play The Age of Innocence — an interactive story where YOU are the hero

after the classic by Edith Wharton, 1920

Old New York, where every fork and calling-card is a rule. Play Newland Archer, engaged to the perfect girl and undone by her scandalous cousin, and decide how much of your one real life you'll trade to keep the tribe from whispering.

A moment from one playthrough

Countess Olenska waits by the carriage in the museum's cold gallery, offering you the one honest afternoon you'll ever get — and across town your fiancée has just announced the wedding date to spare you the choice. Society is watching both doors. Go to the Countess, or go home and marry the life you were built for?

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Start free — 10 diamonds when you confirm your email. No subscription; narrated aloud; plays in 26 languages.

The Somni Tales reader: an open book with two pages of a story, an ink illustration, and a “write what you do” bar below.

Live The Age of Innocence, don't just read it

In this interactive telling of The Age of Innocence, you don't read about the hero — you are the hero. The Storyteller keeps Edith Wharton's world true to the original — its characters, its places, its mood, all held as canon — then narrates every scene aloud and draws the moment you're in as an ink illustration. You type or speak what you do next, and the world answers: it remembers the promises you made, the things you took, and the people you crossed. Follow Edith Wharton's plot faithfully, or step off it and watch a brand-new version of The Age of Innocence unfold — one that still reaches a real ending.

How it works

The Storyteller holds the world of the book as canon — its characters, places and mood — and opens with you as the hero.
Type or speak anything: the world reacts, remembers, and stays true to the original's spirit.
Every playthrough is a brand-new story. Follow the plot — or break it and see what happens.

Common questions about playing The Age of Innocence

Is The Age of Innocence free to play on Somni Tales?

You get 10 diamonds free when you confirm your email — enough to open The Age of Innocence and step into the first scenes. After that, diamonds cost from $5 with no subscription, and unused diamonds are refundable within 14 days.

Do I have to follow Edith Wharton's original plot?

No. The Storyteller holds The Age of Innocence as canon so its world, characters and mood stay true — but your choices write a brand-new telling. Follow the classic beats, or break from them and see where the story goes.

Can I play The Age of Innocence aloud and in my own language?

Yes — every scene is narrated aloud word by word, and The Age of Innocence plays in 26 languages. Change the language, voice and reading speed any time from the reader's Settings.