Edith Wharton

Summer Edith Wharton

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Edith Wharton's "Summer" is a different kind of book than the others of hers, but not one bit less rich and enthralling. "Summer" is set in a small New England town and centers around the complex relationships of just a few main characters. The main character, Charity Royall, is unsure of her place in society, raised in the home of one of the most prominent men in a small town but always made aware that she comes "from the mountain." The mountain is peopled with the poor and uneducated, who are so lowly placed as to have no status whatsoever in the society on whose fringe they live. Charity bounces between a feeling of position and power and one of abject inferiority, her very name being a reflection of her lack of legitimate claim on the society in which she lives.

The novel details the sexual awakening of its protagonist, Charity Royall, and her cruel treatment by the father of her child, and shares many plot similarities with Wharton's other novel, Ethan Frome.

If you have enjoyed other Wharton novels, you are sure to find this one a satisfying read. It is short, but powerful, and as you close the book, you'll feel the story has come full cycle and reached its inevitable conclusion.


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