{"product_id":"summer-by-edith-wharton","title":"Summer by Edith Wharton","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished: 04\/07\/2019\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenres: Classics - Fiction - Romance - Summer - Historical Fiction - American - 20th Century\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-waterstones-says\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in the author’s beloved small-town New England and filled with all the bittersweet promise of frustrated desire and forbidden love discovered and undone,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSummer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efollows the tragic progress of Charity Royall and the passionate affair she begins with a charismatic outsider. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'…to all that was light and air, perfume and colour, every drop of blood in her responded. She loved the roughness of the dry mountain grass under her palms, the smell of the thyme into which she crushed her face, the fingering of the wind in her hair and through her cotton blouse, and the creak of the larches as they swayed to it.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFilled with all the bittersweet promise of frustrated desire and forbidden love discovered and undone, Edith Wharton’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSummer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehas too long languished as an overlooked classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten in bursts whilst Wharton performed charity work in France during the First World War,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSummer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edrew an equal measure of fame and scandal upon first publication for its defiant depiction of female sexual awakening. Subsequently overshadowed by the success of her Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSummer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eexemplifies Wharton’s biting social critique and her sympathy for women imprisoned by convention and circumstance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of only two novels set in Wharton’s beloved sometime home of small-town New England but layered with the sensibilities of nineteenth-century European fiction,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSummer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efollows the progress of Charity Royall. Frustrated by the limitations and petty-mindedness of home and the unwanted attentions of her adopted father, Charity begins a passionate affair with a charismatic outsider. Unlike Wharton – recently escaped from a stifling marriage to a new life in Europe - her heroine is not so fortunate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHailed by the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein 1917 as a story ‘as old as civilization itself’,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSummer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eremains a timeless read: moving, insightful and deeply human. Newly re-issued by Penguin Classics, with beautiful cover art, it is ripe for re-discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"publisher-information\" class=\"pdp-spec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePublisher information\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublisher:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"publisher\"\u003ePenguin Books Ltd\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eISBN:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"isbn\"\u003e9780241422243\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNumber of pages:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"numberOfPages\"\u003e176\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDimensions:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"height\"\u003e198\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"width\"\u003e130\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"depth\"\u003e12\u003c\/span\u003e mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeight:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"weight\"\u003e136 g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLanguage:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"inLanguage\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Starlight Library","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53322179969337,"sku":null,"price":17.0,"currency_code":"IQD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0951\/4624\/6457\/files\/9780241422243-jacket-large.webp?v=1779608767","url":"https:\/\/starlightlibrary.shop\/products\/summer-by-edith-wharton","provider":"Starlight Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}