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Summer - (Little Clothbound Classics) by Edith Wharton (Hardcover)

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  • A tale of forbidden sexual passion and thwarted dreams played out against the lush, summer backdrop of the Massachusetts Berkshires, Edith Wharton called Summer her 'hot Ethan.'
  • About the Author: Edith Wharton was born Edith Newbold Jones on January 24, 1862, during the American Civil War.
  • 240 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Classics
  • Series Name: Little Clothbound Classics

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A tale of forbidden sexual passion and thwarted dreams played out against the lush, summer backdrop of the Massachusetts Berkshires, Edith Wharton called Summer her 'hot Ethan.' In their rural settings and their poor, uneducated protagonists, Summer and Ethan Frome represent a sharp departure from Wharton's familiar depictions of the urban upper class. Charity Royall lives unhappily with her hard-drinking adoptive father in an isolated village, until a visiting architect awakens her sexual passion and the hope for escape. Exploring Charity's relation to her father and her lover, Wharton delves into dark cultural territory: repressed sexuality, small-town prejudice, and, in subtle hints, incest.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.



About the Author



Edith Wharton was born Edith Newbold Jones on January 24, 1862, during the American Civil War. Wharton published her first short story in 1891; her first story collection, The Greater Inclination, in 1899; a novella called The Touchstone in 1900; and her first novel, a historical romance called The Valley of Decision, in 1902. The book that made Wharton famous was The House of Mirth, published in 1905. She died in 1937.
Dimensions (Overall): 6.46 Inches (H) x 4.49 Inches (W) x .87 Inches (D)
Weight: .6 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 240
Series Title: Little Clothbound Classics
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Classics
Publisher: Penguin Group
Format: Hardcover
Author: Edith Wharton
Language: English
Street Date: April 9, 2024
TCIN: 89536276
UPC: 9780241630815
Item Number (DPCI): 247-29-9800
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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