"Ethan Frome" and "Summer"

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A comparison of these two novels and how they deal with the topics of emotions. They both depict individuals who are inarticulate and inefficient as far as the expressions of love, sorrow or misery are concerned. The story lines of the novels are briefly presented their characters are also compared for their attitudes towards male superiority in the context of each plot.

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"In her long career, which stretched over forty years and included the publication of more than forty books, Edith Wharton (1862-1937) portrayed a fascinating segment of the American experience. During the span of her literary career as an author, she conceived stories of exceptional originality and depth. Especially well versed in illustrating tales about romantic irony and how cruel little twists of fate dramatically effect circumstances of this nature. Two of her novels, Ethan Frome and the less fictitious Summer, both have a prominent overshadow of these ingredients in them."

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