Project Gutenberg 2006-03-12 Public domain in the USA. 801 Wharton, Edith 1862 1937 Wharton, Edith Newbold Jones Olivieri, David Summer Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_(Wharton_novel) 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.) Reading ease score: 77.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Young women -- Fiction Love stories Guardian and ward -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Berkshire Hills (Mass.) -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 394698 2025-08-01T04:32:33.670371 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 205550 2025-08-01T04:32:39.873270 application/epub+zip 209886 2025-08-01T04:32:35.560299 application/epub+zip 209887 2025-08-01T04:32:34.343312 application/epub+zip 350309 2025-08-01T04:32:43.335297 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 327538 2025-08-01T04:32:39.190270 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 308757 2022-09-01T04:39:03.939281 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 343595 2025-08-01T04:32:32.886353 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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 21615 2025-08-01T04:32:43.482249 application/rdf+xml 9953 2025-08-01T04:32:34.906309 image/jpeg 2684 2025-08-01T04:32:34.587308 image/jpeg 202383 2025-08-01T04:32:33.700336 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia