In the interwar years of the twentieth century, the emancipation of women and the fight for women‟s rights became more prominent. The arrival of New Woman shook the society and introduced changes that helped shape the modern woman we know today. Women were no longer required to have a man‟s presence in all aspects of their lives – they could acquire jobs and have their own financial freedom and independence. Although they were allowed to vote, many of them still did not use that right since they were not briefed on politics. The 1920s were marked in history as the Roaring Twenties and the era of flapper girls, lavish parties, and more sexual freedom which was a result of introducing birth control pills to the public. Similarly, the literature of the time progressed with said changes and so the works of D. H. Lawrence and Edith Wharton came to be. This thesis analyses Lady Chatterley’s Lover (1928) and The Age of Innocence (1921) based on their shared themes of sexuality, gender roles, and relationships. Both novels deal with main characters who are unhappy in their marriages and commit adultery in a society that appreciates innocence and purity highly above everything else. The former being from a woman‟s perspective while being written by a man and the latter is from a man‟s perspective while being written by a woman.