{"product_id":"summer-marilyn-french-9780684842585","title":"Summer","description":"\u003ci\u003eSummer, \u003c\/i\u003e Edith Wharton wrote to Gaillard Lapsley, \"is known to its author and her familars as the Hot Ethan.\" One of the first American novels to deal frankly with a young woman's sexual awakening, it was a publishing sensation when it appeared in 1917, praised by Joseph Conrad, Howard Sturgis, and Percy Lubbock, and favorably compared to \u003ci\u003eMadame Bovary.\u003c\/i\u003e Like its predecessor, \u003ci\u003eEthan Frome, \u003c\/i\u003e it is set in the Berkshires, but the season is summer and the story is that of Charity Royall, a New Englander of humble origins -- passionate, forthright, and proud -- and her torrid affair with Lucius Harney, an artistically inclined young man from the city. A novel that \"breaks, or stretches, many conventions of women's romantic love stories and in the process creates a new picture of female sexuality,\" as Marilyn French writes in her introduction, \u003ci\u003eSummer\u003c\/i\u003e is \"a clamorous and ecstatic affirmation of the joy of sexual love no matter what it costs.\" Bold in conception, rich in imagery, and provocative by implication, it was one of Edith Wharton's personal favorites, and stands as one of her greatest novelistic achievements.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marilyn French, Edith Wharton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0684842580\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780684842585\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2002 pg. 1681","brand":"Marilyn French","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925582512383,"sku":"9780684842585","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_d6a4a192-7ee5-4bb4-ab7f-79ffa08f3976.jpg?v=1681078128","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/summer-marilyn-french-9780684842585","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}