Summer (Dodo Press) (Paperback)

from Kristelh

This book by Edith Wharton is set in New England in the rural area, small town, unlike her novels that are often set in New York. This one reminded me more of her book Ethan Frome. The story is about Charity Royall, a young woman from the mountain raised by the Royals. Its themes include social c...

from countrylife

I love character-driven stories. Edith Wharton did not disappoint me in this regard. Her characters were entirely, sometimes even uncomfortably, real. This was a story that you could really see happening, not just some far-fetched plot to drive a book. This corner of Massachusetts was descriptive...

from BookConcierge

When she was a young child, Charity Royall was rescued from "the Mountain" by Lawyer Royall, who is now her guardian. Now she's 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 ...

from amerynth

I was the only person in my sophomore English class that enjoyed reading Edith Wharton's "Ethan Frome" so it's no surprise to me that I really enjoyed her novel "Summer" as well all these years later. I find Wharton's characters to be unlikable people that you really want to root for anyway, (and...

from miyurose

The first thing that struck me when I finished this book was how times have changed. This was considered extremely provocative when it was published, yet Charity and Harney are only described kissing a few times, and are never described doing anything else. Charity strikes me as a very unhappy yo...