"The Triumph Of Night" by Edith Wharton is a gripping novella set in the chilling landscape of early 20th-century New Hampshire, that explores the dark themes of solitude, destiny, and the intricate web of human morality. When George Faxon arrives at the isolated Northridge Junction, a twist of fate leads him to Overdale, the opulent home of John Lavington and his vulnerable nephew, Frank Rainer. As a winter night unfolds, an unnerving tension grows, with Rainer seemingly in grave danger. Faxon's sense of unease escalates when he sees a threatening figure shadowing Lavington, a sight that forces Faxon to confront the burden of his choices and the devastating outcome of his inaction, which may have tragically sealed a young man's grim destiny.
The Triumph Of Night 1916
By Edith Wharton
In a snow-covered village, a chance encounter pulls a man into a night of hidden threats and moral reckoning, as he faces a silent, looming darkness that could cost a life.
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About the AuthorEdith Newbold Wharton was an American writer and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper-class New York "aristocracy" to portray, realistically, the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. In 1921, she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, for her novel, The Age of Innocence. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame, in 1996. Her other well-known works are The House of Mirth, the novella Ethan Frome, and several notable ghost stories.
Edith Newbold Wharton was an American writer and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper-class New York "aristocracy" to portray, realistically, the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. In 1921, she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, for her novel, The Age of Innocence. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame, in 1996. Her other well-known works are The House of Mirth, the novella Ethan Frome, and several notable ghost stories.
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