The Valley of Decision

by Edith Wharton

Book I: The Old Order

Prima che incontro alla festosa fronte

I lugubri suoi lampi il ver baleni.

• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 7
• Chapter 8
• Chapter 9

Book II: The New Light

Zu neuen Ufern lockt ein neuer Tag.

• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 7
• Chapter 8
• Chapter 9
• Chapter 10
• Chapter 11
• Chapter 12
• Chapter 13
• Chapter 14
• Chapter 15

Book III: The Choice

The Vision touched him on the lips and said:

Hereafter thou shalt eat me in thy bread,

Drink me in all thy kisses, feel my hand

Steal 'twixt thy palm and Joy's, and see me stand

Watchful at every crossing of the ways,

The insatiate lover of thy nights and days.

• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 7

Book IV: The Reward

Where are the portraits of those who have perished in spite of their vows?

• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 7
• Chapter 8
• Chapter 9
• Chapter 10
• Chapter 11