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Summer

By: Edith Wharton
Narrated by: Grace Conlin
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Wharton's most erotic and lyrical novel, Summer explores a daring theme for 1917, a woman's awakening to her sexuality. Eighteen-year-old Charity Royall lives in the small town of North Dormer, ignorant of desire until the arrival of architect Lucius Harney. Like the succulent summer landscape in the Berkshires around them, Charity's romance is lush and picturesque, but its consequences are harsh and real.

Praised for its realism and candor by such writers as Joseph Conrad and Henry James and compared to Flaubert's Madame Bovary, Summer was one of Wharton's personal favorites of all her novels and remains as fresh and relevant today as when it was first written.

(P)1994 Blackstone Audiobooks Classics Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction American Literature
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"Reader Grace Conlin distinguishes both men's and women's voices easily, using hushed, intimate tones to convey the sweetness of the romance. Yet an ephemeral quality in her delivery casts a shadow of reality on the story and reminds the listener that seasons change." (AudioFile)
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A classic tale which has stood the test of time and is still as relevant today as when it was first written.

Really enjoyed listening to this well read story.

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This totally took me by surprise.
An excellent reading of a great story.
Would recommend.

Superb

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I believe this novel is recorded/reproduced at the incorrect speed. As one or two others have mentioned, if you can slow the narration down to 0.9, it improves the listening experience drastically.

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A most unusual novel by Wharton. For once not set in High but Low Society. Very powerful.

The outlier

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Great story, plot and characterisations
amazing lucid vivid descriptions
beautifully read and well narrated
recommended 5*

excellent 5*

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