num_pages: 132
description: The story is one of only two novels to be set in New England by Wharton, who was best known for her portrayals of upper-class New York society. This is the story of Charity Royall, a child of mountain moonshiners adopted into a family from a poor New England town. Charity has a passionate love affair with Lucius Harney, a young, educated man from the city.
language: English
title: Summer
titlecomplete: Summer
characters: Lawyer Royall, Miss Hatchard, Charity Royall, Lucius Harney
genres: 20th Century, Literature, American, Audiobook, Classics, Novels, Classic Literature, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Romance
ratings_count: 14686
publisher: Alan Rodgers Books