Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible,mini editions of short stories,novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers,designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-SmithCelebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics,they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna,from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island,and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed,these collectible editions are bound in colourful,tactile cloth and stamped with foil.A novella regarded by Edith Wharton as one of her very best,Summer tells the tale of forbidden sexual passion and thwarted dreams set against the backdrop of a lush summer in rural Massachusetts. A sensation on first publication,its honest depiction of a young woman attempting to live on her own terms remains as vital today as it was in 1917.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780241630815Number of pages: 240Weight: 240 gDimensions: 162 x 116 x 22 mm
Edith Wharton
An expert chronicler of upper class American society at the turn of the twentieth century,Edith Wharton was the author of numerous acclaimed novels,including The House of Mirth,The Age of Innocence and Ethan Frome.
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