Summer
Summer
Author: Edith Wharton
Desc: 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.