The story revolves around a woman who becomes trapped in her husband's ancestral home during a pandemic outbreak. She had been unhappy in her marriage and saw this as an opportunity to escape, but soon finds herself isolated and struggling with her own sanity. As the days turn into weeks, she begins to experience strange and terrifying occurrences, which may or may not be supernatural in nature.
By Edith Wharton · First published 1939 · Genre: Short Stories, Literary Fiction, Psychological Fiction