· Summer by Edith Wharton () This analysis of Summer by Edith Wharton, a novella of the coming of age of Charity Royall, a small-town girl, is excerpted from Girls in Bloom: Coming of Age in the Midth Century Woman’s Novel by Francis Booth, reprinted by permission. The slim novel was one of Wharton’s personal favorites. Edith Wharton's Summer is a different kind of novel than the others of hers that I have read, but not one bit less rich and enthralling. The main character, Charity Royall, is unsure of her place in society, raised in the home of one of the most prominent men in a small town but always made aware that she comes "from the I am so in love with the writing of Edith Wharton/5. Praised for its realism and honesty by such writers as Joseph Conrad and Henry James and compared to Flaubert’s Madame Bovary, Summer remains as fresh and powerful a novel today as when it was first written. About Summer. Considered by some to be her finest work, Edith Wharton’s Summer created a sensation when first published in , as it was one of the first novels to deal honestly with a young Pages:
Edith Wharton did the impossible with "Summer" and wrote a love story I actually cared about. Not because her protagonists are likeable, but because their character flaws render them believable and intriguing and fill the reader with sensational expectations; they are not just mannequins waiting to be posed within the frame of a formulaic plot. REVIEW: Summer by Edith Wharton. Jennie A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads classic literature 9 Comments. Recommended Read. If I recall correctly, I've read just two Edith Wharton books: Ethan Frome and The House of Mirth. I recently reread synopses of the plots of these books to refresh my memory, and confirmed that they were both. TONIGHT'S minute version of Edith Wharton's ''Summer,'' beginning at 8 on WNET-TV, demands patience, much more than it finally deserves. But hang in there.
Praised for its realism and honesty by such writers as Joseph Conrad and Henry James and compared to Flaubert’s Madame Bovary, Summer remains as fresh and powerful a novel today as when it was first written. About Summer. Considered by some to be her finest work, Edith Wharton’s Summer created a sensation when first published in , as it was one of the first novels to deal honestly with a young woman’s sexual awakening. Wharton, Edith, Title: Summer Language: English: LoC Class: PS: Language and. Summer, written by Edith Wharton, is a novel set in rural New England and was published in The work was unusual for Wharton, who usually set her novels in New York City and populated them with members of the privileged upper class. The author was born to wealthy New York socialites on Janu, and raised in luxurious style in Manhattan and Newport, Rhode Island.
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