{"product_id":"ethan-frome-summer-9780375757280","title":"Ethan Frome \u0026 Summer","description":"\u003cb\u003eA pair of masterly short novels, featuring an introduction by Elizabeth Strout, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eAnything Is Possible\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e My Name Is Lucy Barton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Thought Edith Wharton is best known for her cutting contemplation of fashionable New York, \u003ci\u003eEthan Frome\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSummer\u003c\/i\u003e are set in small New England towns, far from Manhattan's beau monde. Together in one volume, these thematically linked short novels display Wharton's characteristic criticism of society's hypocrisy, and her daring exploration of the destructive consequences of sexual appetite. From the wintry setting of \u003ci\u003eEthan Frome\u003c\/i\u003e, where a man hounded by community standards is destroyed by the very thing that might bring him happiness, to the florid town of \u003ci\u003eSummer\u003c\/i\u003e, where a young woman's first romance projects her into a dizzying rite of passage, Wharton captures beautifully the urges and failures of human nature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for Edith Wharton and \u003ci\u003eEthan Frome\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eEthan Frome\u003c\/i\u003e  is considered] Mrs. Wharton's masterpiece . . . The secret of its greatness is the stark human drama of it; the social crudity and human delicacy intermingled; the defiant, over-riding passion, and the long-drawn-out logic of the paid penalty. It has no contexts, no mitigations; it is plain, raw, first-hand human stuff.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eEthan Frome\u003c\/i\u003e  has] become part of the American mythology. . . . Wharton's astonishing authority here is to render such pain with purity and economy . . . Truly it is a northern romance, akin even to\u003ci\u003e Wuthering Heights.\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003cb\u003e--Harold Bloom\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Traditionally, Henry James has always been placed slightly higher up the slope of Parnassus than Edith Wharton. But now that the prejudice against the female writer is on the wane, they look to be exactly what they are: giants, equals, the tutelary and benign gods of our American literature.\"\u003cb\u003e--Gore Vidal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/08\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375757280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.14w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e50671 \/ Ethan Frome \u0026amp; Summer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.1 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 17\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Edith Wharton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42916874059957,"sku":"9780375757280","price":11.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_2c46d227-e071-42f9-ac62-fdfcd1afe659.jpg?v=1687272692","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/ethan-frome-summer-9780375757280","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}