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Creating a firestorm of controversy in 1917, here is one of the first novels to deal honestly with a woman's sexual awakening. Wharton -- the author of Ethan Frome -- completely shat… Meer...

Creating a firestorm of controversy in 1917, here is one of the first novels to deal honestly with a woman's sexual awakening. Wharton -- the author of Ethan Frome -- completely shattered the standards of conventional love stories with candor and realism. Nearly a century later, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's personal favorite remains fresh and relevant. Edith Wharton, Books, Fiction and Literature, Summer Books>Fiction and Literature Creating a firestorm of controversy in 1917, here is one of the first novels to deal honestly with a woman's sexual awakening. Wharton -- the author of "Ethan Frome" -- completely shattered the standards of conventional love stories with candor and realism. Nearly a century later, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's personal favorite remains fresh and relevant.<