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Title	:	Summer
Author	:	Edith Wharton
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	150th Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 216 pages
Published	:	January 1st 1993 by Signet (first published 1917)
Categories	:	Classics. Fiction. Romance

Summer

Edith Wharton

Paperback | Pages: 216 pages

Rating: 3.66 | 10278 Users | 959 Reviews

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A naive girl from a humble background meets an ambitious city boy, and a torrid romance ensues. Despite her pride, independence, and honesty, Charity Royall feels shadowed by her past--especially in her ardent relationship with the educated and refined Lucius Harney. Can passion overcome the effects of heredity and environment?

With its frank treatment of a woman's sexual awakening, Summer created a sensation upon its 1917 publication. Edith Wharton — the author of Ethan Frome and a peerless observer and chronicler of society — completely shattered the standards of conventional love stories with this novel's candor and realism. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author declared Summer a personal favorite among her works, and liked to refer to it as "the Hot Ethan." Nearly a century later, it remains fresh and relevant.

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Original Title:	Summer
ISBN:	0451525663 (ISBN13: 9780451525666)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Charity Royall, Lucius Harney, Lawyer Royall, Miss Hatchard

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Ratings: 3.66 From 10278 Users | 959 Reviews

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3.5***When she was a young child, Charity Royall was rescued from the Mountain by Lawyer Royall, who is now her guardian. Now shes eighteen, feeling bored in the small town of North Dormer, and itching to spread her wings. When she meets Lucius Harney, an architect from the city who is visiting his cousin, her eyes are opened to possibilities she hasnt dared dream about. Their mutual attraction garners some unwanted attention and results in gossip that Charity ignores until it is too late.

I was told this book was dirty, and ...well, to be fair, I was told it was dirty "for Wharton," which I suppose is true as far as it goes, but still: oblique references to illicit trysts aren't exactly begging for the fap when you fade out after they hold hands. Remind me this though: next time I'm sitting next to a leathery woman from Lowell on the bus and she's all "Hey, what are YOU reading?" and I say "Edith Wharton" and she mishears me and thinks I said "It's for work," and gives me a

I was going to give 4 stars but the ending deserves an extra star. Reading about the way of life in a small town in the very early 1900's is like reading about a different planet. Charity was brought down from the mountain people to be raised in town. The mountain people are almost like animals- think Deliverance. The town is average for a small town of the time: no shops; no theaters; just some houses and a church. It's so hard to think of people living this way! Charity works part time in the

This was my first Wharton, and I was surprised at how accessible her writing was! It made me interested in reading more of her work for sure. This one, however, was a bit lackluster. It has some lovely descriptions and seems very progressive for its time. But overall the story was mediocre and the ending so abrupt!

As much as I am fond of Edith Wharton's work, every time she writes about them poor peoples, I am weary. Her Ethan Frome, describing woes of some peasants, wasn't authentic or credible enough, IMO, and neither is Summer.The main character in this novella, Charity Royall, was "brought down from the Mountains" in infancy and raised by a big wig lawyer in a tiny town of North Dormer. Charity is smart, albeit not particularly educated, and holds a very peculiar position in town. She is too good for

I will from now on put my trust completely in Edith Wharton.My first of her novels was The Age of Innocence, which captivated me and then in the end, grabbed my heart out of my chest and stomped all over it. What power she has, I thought. After that I tried to read The Custom of the Country and The House of Mirth, but left them both unfinished. My excuse was that the characters were irritating. More recently I read Ethan Frome, and was captivated yet again. With Summer, I think Im starting to

Published in 1917, Summer is a novella set in a small village in North Dormer, New England. Its protagonist is Charity Royall, a sheltered and ignorant young woman seeking a brighter future for herself. It is a sad story that gives a human face to the futility of the struggle against poverty and the attendant lack of social opportunities. As with almost all of Whartons novels, questions are raised about how much control individuals have over their circumstances and whether there are real choices