Twilight sleep
- First published
- 1927
- Reading level
- Plain English
- Price
- Free
About the book
"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.
- New York (N.Y.)
- Domestic fiction
- Man-woman relationships
- Upper class
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #70844. Twilight sleep on Wikipedia.
