by Edith Wharton
People refer to this as Wharton's most erotic book. I disagree with that characterization - I think that The Age of Innocence, with its unrequited, simmering passion between Countess Olenska and Newland Archer is much more erotic. This one is sexier. Charity Royall is a young woman who has been ra...
“There it lay, a weather-beaten sunburnt village of the hills, abandoned of men, left apart by railway, trolley, telegraph, and all the forces that link life to life in modern communities. It had no shops, no theatres, no lectures, no ‘business block’; only a church that was opened every Sunday if t...
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I was told this book was dirty, and ...well, to be fair, I was told it was dirty "for Wharton," which I suppose is true as far as it goes, but still: oblique references to illicit trysts aren't exactly begging for the fap when you fade out after they hold hands. Remind me this though: next time I'm ...
Rates right up there with "The Awakening," but I prefer Wharton's writing and perspectives over Kate Chopin's.
Rates right up there with "The Awakening," but I prefer Wharton's writing and perspectives over Kate Chopin's.
With each new Edith Wharton book I pick up, I'm utterly impressed by her tragic heroines trying to break free society's conventions. My stomach was in knots as Summer reached its upsetting conclusion--everything that main character Charity Royall didn't want to happen to her. My heart broke.
I have never been a fan of EW. I find her work boring compared to other contemporaries during her time. I read this at a time when I was trying to figure out why I didn't like her work and finally just gave up trying to figure it out.
Some books are best heard than read. It's the way my attention can wonder away and back but still understanding the story. It suits my present mood too, which craved the equivalent of potato chip in books. The story itself was interesting. I couldn't warm up to Charity (what a name!) until almost th...
The most memorable characters in fiction are not perfect. It's the imperfections that get imprinted in your mind.Charity Royall is full of imperfections. In fact, she's a walking imperfection. All in all, it's a story of a young girl and a first love. It's nothing a million girls haven't or would no...
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