{"product_id":"ethan-frome-summer-paperback","title":"Ethan Frome \u0026 Summer - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdith Wharton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Strout\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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 \u003c\/p\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\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition presents Wharton's two most controversial stories, which she considered inseperable, in one volume for the first time. Set in frigid New England, both deal with sexual awakening and appetite and their devastating consequences. This text includes newly commissioned notes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdith Wharton\u003c\/b\u003e was born into a privileged New York family in 1862 and died in France in 1937. In addition to her works as a novelist, most famously \u003ci\u003eThe House of Mirth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Innocence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Custom of the Country\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEthan Frome\u003c\/i\u003e, she also was a renowned interior designer, and was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Strout\u003c\/b\u003e is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eOlive Kitteridge; \u003c\/i\u003ethe #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eMy Name Is Lucy Barton;\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Burgess Boys, \u003c\/i\u003e a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller; \u003ci\u003eAbide with Me, \u003c\/i\u003ea national bestseller and Book Sense pick; and \u003ci\u003eAmy and Isabelle, \u003c\/i\u003e which won the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction and the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e Heartland Prize. She has also been a finalist for the PEN\/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize in England. Her short stories have been published in a number of magazines, including \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker and O: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. Elizabeth Strout lives in New York City.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 7.99 x 5.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 08, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ethan Frome \u0026amp; Summer\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.1\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 17\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755641340192,"sku":"9780375757280","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/467906a9ae208d4ec958c11e36f8ec64.webp?v=1780064447","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/ethan-frome-summer-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}