Résumé
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.
Auteur
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Edith Wharton (1862 - 1937) est l’auteure de nombreux romans parmi lesquels Sur les rives de l’Hudson, Les dieux arrivent et Les New-Yorkaises, parus aux Éditions J’ai lu. En 1921, elle est la première femme à recevoir le prix Pulitzer pour Le Temps de l’innocence, adapté au cinéma par Martin Scorsese.
Caractéristiques
Publication : 25 août 2025
Support(s) : Livre numérique eBook [ePub]
Protection(s) : Aucune (ePub)
Taille(s) : 1,14 Mo (ePub)
EAN13 Livre numérique eBook [ePub] : 9786178702045
