Twilight sleep: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
Twilight sleep: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
Twilight sleep is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Wharton, Edith (1862–1937).
Catalogue synopsis
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"Twilight Sleep" by Edith Wharton is a novel published in 1927. Set in Jazz Age New York, it follows a wealthy socialite family whose carefully maintained facade begins to crumble. As they struggle to save one marriage, hidden affairs and avoidance threaten to unravel everything. Through shifting perspectives, Wharton satirizes a society obsessed with efficiency and escaping pain, where characters desperately seek quick fixes rather than confronting uncomfortable truths. The story builds toward a violent climax that forces nothing to change.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Twilight sleep
- Author credits: Wharton, Edith (1862–1937)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Domestic fiction
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
- Upper class -- Fiction
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- Category: American Literature
- Category: Novels
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