{"product_id":"ethan-frome-summer-bunner-sisters-introduction-by-hermione-lee-hardcover","title":"Ethan Frome, Summer, Bunner Sisters: Introduction by Hermione Lee - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdith Wharton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHermione Lee\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese three brilliantly wrought, tragic novellas explore the repressed emotions and destructive passions of working-class people far removed from the social milieu usually inhabited by Edith Wharton's characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEthan Frome\u003c\/i\u003e is one of Wharton's most famous works; it is a tightly constructed and almost unbearably heartbreaking story of forbidden love in a snowbound New England village. \u003ci\u003eSummer, \u003c\/i\u003e also set in rural New England, is often considered a companion to \u003ci\u003eEthan Frome\u003c\/i\u003e-Wharton herself called it \"the hot Ethan\"-in its portrayal of a young woman's sexual and social awakening. \u003ci\u003eBunner Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e takes place in the narrow, dusty streets of late nineteenth-century New York City, where the constrained but peaceful lives of two spinster shopkeepers are shattered when they meet a man who becomes the unworthy focus of all their pent-up hopes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll three of these novellas feature realistic and haunting characters as vivid as any Wharton ever conjured, and together they provide a superb introduction to the shorter fiction of one of our greatest writers.\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\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.1 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 05, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47376918151346,"sku":"9780307268259","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/f2227d63cbf91d7033ebfdc14815cc5f.webp?v=1777712864","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/ethan-frome-summer-bunner-sisters-introduction-by-hermione-lee-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}