{"product_id":"summer-edith-wharton-9780553214222","title":"Summer","description":"Considered by some to be her finest work, Edith Wharton's \u003cb\u003eSummer\u003c\/b\u003e created a sensation when first published in 1917, as it was one of the first novels to deal honestly with a young woman's sexual awakening. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSummer\u003c\/b\u003e is the story of Charity Royall, a child of mountain moonshiners adopted by a family in a poor New England town, who has a passionate love affair with Lucius Harney, an educated man from the city. Wharton broke the conventions of women's romantic fiction by making Charity a thoroughly independent modern woman--in touch with her emotions and sexuality, yet kept from love and the larger world she craves by the overwhelming pressures of heredity and society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraised for its realism and honesty by such writers as Joseph Conrad and Henry James and compared to Flaubert's \u003cb\u003eMadame Bovary\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eSummer\u003c\/b\u003e remains as fresh and powerful a novel today as when it was first written.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edith Wharton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0553214225\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780553214222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bantam Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.87h x 4.20w x 0.53d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/1993","brand":"Edith Wharton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044103254271,"sku":"9780553214222","price":5.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0fa00677-a8a0-4231-a137-dcc7f7ccf12a.jpg?v=1684970955","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/summer-edith-wharton-9780553214222","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}