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..
Wharton\'s superb satirical novel of the Jazz Age--originally published in 1927