Author: Edith Wharton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Twilight sleep is an amnesic condition characterized by insensitivity to pain without loss of consciousness, induced by an injection of morphine and scopolamine, especially to relieve the pain of childbirth.
Twilight Sleep Annotated
Author: Edith Wharton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Twilight sleep is an amnesic condition characterized by insensitivity to pain without loss of consciousness, induced by an injection of morphine and scopolamine, especially to relieve the pain of childbirth.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Twilight sleep is an amnesic condition characterized by insensitivity to pain without loss of consciousness, induced by an injection of morphine and scopolamine, especially to relieve the pain of childbirth.
Twilight Sleep
Author: Edith Wharton
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Wharton's superb satirical novel of the Jazz Age--originally published in 1927. Taking her title from the sleep induced through medication to ease the pain during childbirth, Edith Wharton sketches a portrait of a society eager to escape the pain of everyday life through drugs and alcohol, secret sexual alliances, immersion in work, and the pursuit and capricious squandering of money.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Wharton's superb satirical novel of the Jazz Age--originally published in 1927. Taking her title from the sleep induced through medication to ease the pain during childbirth, Edith Wharton sketches a portrait of a society eager to escape the pain of everyday life through drugs and alcohol, secret sexual alliances, immersion in work, and the pursuit and capricious squandering of money.
Twilight Sleep
Author: Edith Wharton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Twilight Sleep (Unabridged)
Author: Edith Wharton
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN: 8074849252
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
This carefully crafted ebook: "Twilight Sleep (Unabridged)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Edith Wharton's superb satirical novel of the Jazz Age is a critically praised best-seller since 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. Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer. She became known for her psychological examination of characters faced with changes in the moral and social values of middle-class and upper-class society. Her novels and short stories provide numerous expert characterizations of complex men and women.
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN: 8074849252
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
This carefully crafted ebook: "Twilight Sleep (Unabridged)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Edith Wharton's superb satirical novel of the Jazz Age is a critically praised best-seller since 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. Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer. She became known for her psychological examination of characters faced with changes in the moral and social values of middle-class and upper-class society. Her novels and short stories provide numerous expert characterizations of complex men and women.
Twilight Sleep
Author: Edith EDITH WHARTON
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
EDITH WHARTON
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
EDITH WHARTON
Twilight Sleep-Classic Edition(Annotated)
Author: Edith Wharton
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
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.
Twilight Sleep
Author: Edith Wharton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Twilight Sleep is a novel by American author Edith Wharton and was first published in 1927 as a serial in the Pictorial Review before being published as a novel in the same year. The story, filled with irony, is centered around a socialite family navigating the New York of the Jazz Age and their relationships.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Twilight Sleep is a novel by American author Edith Wharton and was first published in 1927 as a serial in the Pictorial Review before being published as a novel in the same year. The story, filled with irony, is centered around a socialite family navigating the New York of the Jazz Age and their relationships.
Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton Annotated
Author: Edith Wharton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
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. So don't wait! Scroll up and buy now.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
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. So don't wait! Scroll up and buy now.
Ulysses Annotated
Author: Don Gifford
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520253971
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
Rev. ed. of: Notes for Joyce: an annotation of James Joyce's Ulysses, 1974.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520253971
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
Rev. ed. of: Notes for Joyce: an annotation of James Joyce's Ulysses, 1974.
Twilight sleep
Author: Edith Wharton
Publisher: Wildhern Press
ISBN: 9781848309128
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Publisher: Wildhern Press
ISBN: 9781848309128
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description