Summer

Wharton called this companion novel to Ethan Frome, hot Ethan. The heroine, Charity Royall (unlike Ethan Frome), is determined to experience passion and engages in a tempestuous love affair with Lucius Harney, a young man who has drifted into the Berkshires during his college vacation. Eventually, Charity becomes pregnant. The novel reflects the easing of Wharton`s stern moral judgements, and is one of the first novels to deal honestly with a young woman`s sexual awakening. The author stated of her own work, I do not remember ever visualizing with more intensity the inner scene, or the creatures peopling it. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.