Valley of Decision

by Edith Wharton

44 chapters16h 51mEnglish1902

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Odo Valsecca, a promising nobleman, inherits a dukedom at a young age and, over the course of his young life, must quickly learn the politics of royalty as he deals with other nobles, the church, the free-thinking movement, and, of course, his subjects, the peasants. Will he be able to rise to power in time, or will he quickly buckle under the pressures of the Italian court during the seventeenth century? Published in 1902, The Valley of Decision is Edith Wharton's first full length novel. - Summary by Mary Kay

Chapters (43)

1Book I. The Old Order. Section 1.1

1063

2Book I. The Old Order. Section 1.2

1080

3Book I. The Old Order. Section 1.3

837

4Book I. The Old Order. Section 1.4

1251

5Book I. The Old Order. Section 1.5

1024

6Book I. The Old Order. Section 1.6

1479

7Book I. The Old Order. Section 1.7

1121

8Book I. The Old Order. Section 1.8

1698

9Book I. The Old Order. Section 1.9

1029

10Book II. The New Light. Section 2.1

1071

11Book II. The New Light. Section 2.2

746

12Book II. The New Light. Section 2.3

1107

13Book II. The New Light. Section 2.4

1785

14Book II. The New Light. Section 2.5

1211

15Book II. The New Light. Section 2.6

1208

16Book II. The New Light. Section 2.7

1323

17Book II. The New Light. Section 2.8

394

18Book II. The New Light. Mirandolina's Story

958

19Book II. The New Light. Section 2.9

1898

20Book II. The New Light. Section 2.10

1564

21Book II. The New Light. Section 2.11

1702

22Book II. The New Light. Section 2.12

1382

23Book II. The New Light. Section 2.13

1365

24Book II. The New Light. Section 2.14

1988

25Book II. The New Light. Section 2.15

2489

26Book III. The Choice. Section 3.1

2617

27Book III. The Choice. Section 3.2

1284

28Book III. The Choice. Section 3.3

2925

29Book III. The Choice. Section 3.4

1368

30Book III. The Choice. Section 3.5

1380

31Book III. The Choice. Section 3.6

1951

32Book III. The Choice. Section 3.7

1305

33Book IV. The Reward. Section 4.1

1671

34Book IV. The Reward. Section 4.2

1399

35Book IV. The Reward. Section 4.3

1420

36Book IV. The Reward. Section 4.4

533

37Book IV. The Reward. Section 4.5

1324

38Book IV. The Reward. Section 4.6

1240

39Book IV. The Reward. Section 4.7

997

40Book IV. The Reward. Section 4.8

1581

41Book IV. The Reward. Section 4.9

1423

42Book IV. The Reward. Section 4.10

1319

43Book IV. The Reward. Section 4.11

2144

Valley of Decision

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