Written in Paris in 1916, as Edith Whaton contemplated the German army's approach,SUMMER is her most erotic and lyrical novel. The setting for the book, however, is far away from Paris, in the same rigid New England she used forEthan FROME. It is here that she explores her most daring theme-a woman' ...
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In the first novel, a New England farmer must choose between his duty to care for his invalid wife and his love for her cousin, and in the second novel, Charity Royall enjoys an idyllic summer romance with visiting architect Lucius Harvey.
A trio of incisive novellas includes <IT>Ethan Frome<RO>, about a New England farmer on an unproductive farm who must choose between his duty to care for his difficult, invalid wife and his love for her vivacious young cousin, as well as <IT>Summer<RO>, the story of a young woman's social and sexual ...
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