Madame de Treymes and The Triumph Of Night

Edith Wharton (1862–1937) was an American novelist and short story writer. Her works show the lives of people of the late nineteenth century, the times of decline in American history. She was the ?rst woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1921. Wharton also was familiar with many famous people of the time, including President Theodore Roosevelt. This book includes two wonderful works of literature: the tale about love and divorce “Madame de Treymes” and a short story “The Triumph Of Night.”