ISBN: 9781500712754

Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton Complete Edition Top 100 Books Miss Bruss, the perfect secretary, received Nona Manford at the door of her mother's boudoir ("the office," Mrs. Manford's c… More...

Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton Complete Edition Top 100 Books Miss Bruss, the perfect secretary, received Nona Manford at the door of her mother's boudoir ("the office," Mrs. Manford's children called it) with a gesture of the kindliest denial. "She wants to, you know, dear - your mother always WANTS to see you," pleaded Maisie Bruss, in a voice which seemed to be thinned and sharpened by continuous telephoning. Miss Bruss, attached to Mrs. Manford's service since shortly after Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton Complete Edition Top 100 Books Miss Bruss, the perfect secretary, received Nona Manford at the door of her mother's boudoir ("the office," Mrs. Manford's children called it) with a gesture of the kindliest denial. "She wants to, you know, dear - your mother always WANTS to see you," pleaded Maisie Bruss, in a voice which seemed to be thinned and sharpened by continuous telephoning. Miss Bruss, attached to Mrs. Manford's service since shortly after the latter's second marriage, had known Nona from her childhood, and was privileged, even now that she was "out," to treat her with a certain benevolent familiarity - benevolence being the note of the Manford household. "But look at her list - just for this morning!" the secretary continued, handing over a tall morocco-framed tablet, on which was inscribed, in the colourless secretarial hand: "7.30 Mental uplift. 7.45 Breakfast. 8. Psycho-analysis. 8.15 See cook. 8.30 Silent Meditation. 8.45 Facial massage. 9. Man with Persian miniatures. 9.15 Correspondence. 9.30 Manicure. 9.45 Eurythmic exercises. 10. Hair waved. 10.15 Sit for bust. 10.30 Receive Mothers' Day deputation. 11. Dancing lesson. 11.30 Birth Control committee at Mrs. Books, Fiction~~Classics, Twilight-Sleep~~Edith-Wharton, 999999999, Twilight Sleep, Edith Wharton, 1500712752, CreateSpace Publishing, , , , , CreateSpace Publishing<

ISBN: 9781500712754

This early work by Edith Wharton was originally published in 1927 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Twilight Sleep' is a best-selling satirical nove… More...

This early work by Edith Wharton was originally published in 1927 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Twilight Sleep' is a best-selling satirical novel about a woman's attempts to alleviate the boredom of life. Edith Wharton was born in New York City in 1862. Wharton's first poems were published in Scribner's Magazine. In 1891, the same publication printed the first of her many short stories, titled 'Mrs. Manstey's View'. Over the next four decades, they This early work by Edith Wharton was originally published in 1927 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Twilight Sleep' is a best-selling satirical novel about a woman's attempts to alleviate the boredom of life. Edith Wharton was born in New York City in 1862. Wharton's first poems were published in Scribner's Magazine. In 1891, the same publication printed the first of her many short stories, titled 'Mrs. Manstey's View'. Over the next four decades, they - along with other well-established American publications such as Atlantic Monthly, Century Magazine, Harper's and Lippincott's - regularly published her work. Books, Fiction~~Classics, Twilight-Sleep~~Edith-Wharton, 742957, Twilight Sleep, Edith Wharton, 1500712752, CreateSpace Publishing, , , , , CreateSpace Publishing<

ISBN: 1500712752

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