Summer

Bored with her life in a small town, eighteen-year-old Charity Royall enters into a relationship with an older man, only to find herself pregnant and abandoned when he reunites with his fiancée and leaves town.

One of two Edith Wharton novels set in New England, Summer examines the sexual awakening of Charity, her evolving relationship with her guardian, and the choices that will define her adultho...