Summer
About this book
Set in rural New England, Edith Wharton's *Summer* follows Charity Royall, a young woman whose sheltered life is transformed by a passionate affair with a visiting architect. It will appeal to readers of literary romance and those interested in early twentieth-century American fiction exploring class and desire.
One note: this novel was first published in 1917; 2006 is likely a reprint edition.
Edith Wharton
Edith Newbold Wharton was an American writer and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of upper-class New York society to portray, realistically, the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. In 1921, she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel The Age of Innocence. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1996. Her other well-known works are The House of Mirth, the novella Ethan Frome, and several notable ghost stories.
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