02119cam a2200397 i 4500 650949950 TxAuBib 20160421120000.0 970820s1997||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 97037488 9780684839646 alkaline paper 0684839644 alkaline paper (OCoLC)37545574 DLC eng rda DLC BAKER BTCTA YDXCP OCLCG OCLCQ BDX OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCF OCLCO LAKCL TxAuBib rda Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. Twilight sleep / Edith Wharton. First Scribner paperback fiction edition. New York : Simon & Schuster, 1997. 318 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Out of print for several decades, here is Edith Wharton's superb satirical novel of the Jazz Age, a critically praised best-seller when it was first published in 1927. Sex, drugs, work, money, infatuation with the occult and spiritual healing - these are the remarkably modern themes that animate Twilight Sleep. The extended family of Mrs. Manford is determined to escape the pain, boredom and emptiness of life through whatever form of "twilight sleep" they can devise or procure. And though the characters and their actions may seem more in keeping with today's society, this is still a classic Wharton tale of the upper crust and its undoing - wittily, masterfully told. 20160421. Upper class Fiction. Upper class. New York (N.Y) Fiction. New York (N.Y.) Domestic fiction. Love stories. Fiction. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0640/97037488-s.html Sample text https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/simon051/97037488.html Contributor biographical information https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/simon033/97037488.html Publisher description LAKCL