Twilight Sleep. Illustrated
Twilight Sleep (1927) is a sharp social satire by Edith Wharton that captures the restless energy and contradictions of 1920s America. The story follows the Manfred family, whose privileged lives revolve around wealth, fashion, parties, and the pursuit of quick fixes for life's discomforts.
The novel's title, taken from a medical method of pain-free childbirth, becomes a powerful metaphor for the characters' attempts to numb themselves against reality, responsibility, and deeper emotional truths.
With wit and psychological insight, Wharton portrays a society dazzled by modernity yet spiritually hollow, exposing the cost of a life devoted only to pleasure and escape.
Read more
Read less
The novel's title, taken from a medical method of pain-free childbirth, becomes a powerful metaphor for the characters' attempts to numb themselves against reality, responsibility, and deeper emotional truths.
With wit and psychological insight, Wharton portrays a society dazzled by modernity yet spiritually hollow, exposing the cost of a life devoted only to pleasure and escape.
Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton (1862–1937), née dans une famille aisée de New York, est l’une des grandes figures de la littérature américaine. Auteure prolifique, elle a marqué l’histoire littéraire en devenant la première femme à remporter le **Prix Pulitzer** pour *Le Temps de l’innocence* (1921). *Ethan Frome* (1911), écrit alors qu’elle traverse une période personnelle difficile, s’éloigne de son univers habituel de la haute société new-yorkaise pour décrire, avec une justesse implacable, le destin brisé d’un homme ordinaire. Son œuvre, à la fois psychologique et sociale, explore les tensions entre désir et devoir, liberté et convention.
How to read this epub ebook?
On the MySmartBook apps
(without discussion)
(without discussion)
On my computer
(without discussion)
(without discussion)
Readers Reviews
Login
No reviews found. Share your insights with others.
