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Summer
• Three of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton’s novels are in this Kindle Summer, The Age of Innocence & Ethan Frome
Summer (1917)
Summer traces the sexual awakening of Charity Royall, who is badly treated by the father of her child.
The Age of Innocence (1920)
Newland Archer is looking forward to marrying beautiful May Welland but he is not without doubts -- particularly after the appearance of Mary's exotic cousin Countess Ellen Olenska. The Countess is beautiful and scandalous. Wharton’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is set in upper-class New York in the 1870s.
Ethan Frome (1911)
The setting is New England in the winter and our unnamed narrator has encountered Ethan Frome, a mysterious man injured years earlier.
About The Author
American author Edith Wharton (1862 –1937), born Edith Newbold Jones, was a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, short story writer, and designer. Her insider's view of America's privileged classes was coupled with her brilliant wit in her humorous novels and stories. She befriended many of her era's other literary and public figures, including U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt.
Summer (1917)
Summer traces the sexual awakening of Charity Royall, who is badly treated by the father of her child.
The Age of Innocence (1920)
Newland Archer is looking forward to marrying beautiful May Welland but he is not without doubts -- particularly after the appearance of Mary's exotic cousin Countess Ellen Olenska. The Countess is beautiful and scandalous. Wharton’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is set in upper-class New York in the 1870s.
Ethan Frome (1911)
The setting is New England in the winter and our unnamed narrator has encountered Ethan Frome, a mysterious man injured years earlier.
About The Author
American author Edith Wharton (1862 –1937), born Edith Newbold Jones, was a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, short story writer, and designer. Her insider's view of America's privileged classes was coupled with her brilliant wit in her humorous novels and stories. She befriended many of her era's other literary and public figures, including U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt.
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First published November 1, 1996
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Edith Wharton
1,430 books5,245 followersEdith Wharton emerged as one of America’s most insightful novelists, deftly exposing the tensions between societal expectation and personal desire through her vivid portrayals of upper-class life. Drawing from her deep familiarity with New York’s privileged “aristocracy,” she offered readers a keenly observed and piercingly honest vision of Gilded Age society.
Her work reached a milestone when she became the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, awarded for The Age of Innocence. This novel highlights the constraining rituals of 1870s New York society and remains a defining portrait of elegance laced with regret.
Wharton’s literary achievements span a wide canvas. The House of Mirth presents a tragic, vividly drawn character study of Lily Bart, navigating social expectations and the perils of genteel poverty in 1890s New York. In Ethan Frome, she explores rural hardship and emotional repression, contrasting sharply with her urban social dramas.
Her novella collection Old New York revisits the moral terrain of upper-class society, spanning decades and combining character studies with social commentary. Through these stories, she inevitably points back to themes and settings familiar from The Age of Innocence. Continuing her exploration of class and desire, The Glimpses of the Moon addresses marriage and social mobility in early 20th-century America. And in Summer, Wharton challenges societal norms with its rural setting and themes of sexual awakening and social inequality.
Beyond fiction, Wharton contributed compelling nonfiction and travel writing. The Decoration of Houses reflects her eye for design and architecture; Fighting France: From Dunkerque to Belfort presents a compelling account of her wartime observations. As editor of The Book of the Homeless, she curated a moving, international collaboration in support of war refugees.
Wharton’s influence extended beyond writing. She designed her own country estate, The Mount, a testament to her architectural sensibility and aesthetic vision. The Mount now stands as an educational museum celebrating her legacy.
Throughout her career, Wharton maintained friendships and artistic exchanges with luminaries such as Henry James, Sinclair Lewis, Jean Cocteau, André Gide, and Theodore Roosevelt—reflecting her status as a respected and connected cultural figure.
Her literary legacy also includes multiple Nobel Prize nominations, underscoring her international recognition. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature more than once.
In sum, Edith Wharton remains celebrated for her unflinching, elegant prose, her psychological acuity, and her capacity to illuminate the unspoken constraints of society—from the glittering ballrooms of New York to quieter, more remote settings. Her wide-ranging work—novels, novellas, short stories, poetry, travel writing, essays—offers cultural insight, enduring emotional depth, and a piercing critique of the customs she both inhabited and dissected.
Her work reached a milestone when she became the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, awarded for The Age of Innocence. This novel highlights the constraining rituals of 1870s New York society and remains a defining portrait of elegance laced with regret.
Wharton’s literary achievements span a wide canvas. The House of Mirth presents a tragic, vividly drawn character study of Lily Bart, navigating social expectations and the perils of genteel poverty in 1890s New York. In Ethan Frome, she explores rural hardship and emotional repression, contrasting sharply with her urban social dramas.
Her novella collection Old New York revisits the moral terrain of upper-class society, spanning decades and combining character studies with social commentary. Through these stories, she inevitably points back to themes and settings familiar from The Age of Innocence. Continuing her exploration of class and desire, The Glimpses of the Moon addresses marriage and social mobility in early 20th-century America. And in Summer, Wharton challenges societal norms with its rural setting and themes of sexual awakening and social inequality.
Beyond fiction, Wharton contributed compelling nonfiction and travel writing. The Decoration of Houses reflects her eye for design and architecture; Fighting France: From Dunkerque to Belfort presents a compelling account of her wartime observations. As editor of The Book of the Homeless, she curated a moving, international collaboration in support of war refugees.
Wharton’s influence extended beyond writing. She designed her own country estate, The Mount, a testament to her architectural sensibility and aesthetic vision. The Mount now stands as an educational museum celebrating her legacy.
Throughout her career, Wharton maintained friendships and artistic exchanges with luminaries such as Henry James, Sinclair Lewis, Jean Cocteau, André Gide, and Theodore Roosevelt—reflecting her status as a respected and connected cultural figure.
Her literary legacy also includes multiple Nobel Prize nominations, underscoring her international recognition. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature more than once.
In sum, Edith Wharton remains celebrated for her unflinching, elegant prose, her psychological acuity, and her capacity to illuminate the unspoken constraints of society—from the glittering ballrooms of New York to quieter, more remote settings. Her wide-ranging work—novels, novellas, short stories, poetry, travel writing, essays—offers cultural insight, enduring emotional depth, and a piercing critique of the customs she both inhabited and dissected.
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