He seemed a part of the mute melancholy landscape, · Edith Wharton

Almost everybody in the neighborhood had “troubles

He seemed a part of the mute melancholy landscape, an incarnation of its frozen woe, with all that was warm and sentient in him fast bound below the surface.

Sadness and Melancholy

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Edith Wharton

1862-01-24 — 1937-08-11 · Nova Iorque

Edith Wharton was an American novelist and short story writer, known for her penetrating depictions of American high society in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Her works often explore themes of social class, morality, and the constraints placed upon women. She is considered one of the most important writers in American literature.