Edith Wharton's superb satirical novel of the Jazz Age, a critically
praised best-seller when it was first published. 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.