Project Gutenberg 2006-03-12 Public domain in the USA. 366 Wharton, Edith 1862 1937 Wharton, Edith Newbold Jones Olivieri, David Summer Produced by Meredith Ricker, John Hamm and David Widger "Summer" by Edith Wharton is a novel written during the early 20th century, around the time of World War I. The story centers around Charity Royall, a young woman who is deeply aware of her isolated and confined life in the small, bleak village of North Dormer. The narrative begins to unfold Charity's inner turmoil and desire for a more vibrant existence as she grapples with her origins and current situation, leading her to confront the mundane realities of life, personal aspirations, and the stark contrast presented by a new stranger in her town. The opening of the novel introduces beautiful imagery of the natural surroundings and sets a tone of longing and discontent as Charity observes a handsome stranger who disrupts the monotony of her life. Charity's thoughts reveal her struggles with self-identity and her feelings of being trapped in a lifeless place, having been brought down from the Mountain—a place laden with shame and a painful past. This chance encounter with Lucius Harney, the young man who becomes a pivotal figure in her life, drives Charity to yearn for connection and greater understanding of herself. The beginning reveals her complex feelings about her environment and foreshadows the emotional awakening and conflicts that will follow in her journey toward self-discovery. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Young women -- Fiction Love stories Guardian and ward -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Berkshire Hills (Mass.) -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 394587 394596 2024-09-01T04:36:06.744443 2023-10-01T04:28:57.018828 text/html text/html 401946 2021-02-26T00:30:59 text/html; charset=utf-8 135455 2021-02-26T00:31:02 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 184255 2024-09-01T04:36:12.489420 application/epub+zip 188839 2024-09-01T04:36:08.210447 application/epub+zip 188839 2024-09-01T04:36:07.301445 application/epub+zip 331350 2024-09-01T04:36:15.865409 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 308627 2024-09-01T04:36:11.905400 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 308757 2022-09-01T04:39:03.939281 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 340793 340755 2024-09-01T04:36:06.104470 2023-10-01T04:28:56.433835 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 343517 2018-03-08T12:45:24 text/plain; charset=utf-8 129458 2018-03-18T14:24:46 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 340635 2012-07-08T14:45:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 129111 2012-07-09T09:46:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21360 2024-09-01T04:36:16.000391 application/rdf+xml 9976 2024-09-01T04:36:07.709424 image/jpeg 2676 2024-09-01T04:36:07.534425 image/jpeg 182336 2024-09-01T04:36:06.777454 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia