A bestseller when it was first published in , Edith Wharton's The Children is a comic, bittersweet novel about the misadventures of a bachelor and a band of precocious children. The seven Wheater children, stepbrothers and stepsisters grown weary of being shuttled from parent to parent "like bundles," are eager for their parents' latest reconciliation to last. First published in , The Children is one of Edith Wharton’s later novels, published when the author was in her mid-sixties. Like much of Wharton’s fiction, it explores the moral complexities of socially unacceptable relationship – in this instance, one between a middle-aged man and a teenage girl/5(). In The Children, an instant bestseller when it was first published in , Edith Wharton created a comic, bittersweet novel about the misadventures of a bachelor and a band of precocious children. The seven Wheater children, stepbrothers and-sisters grown weary of being shuttled from parent to parent 'like bundles, ' are eager for their parents' latest reconciliation to last/5(19).
The Children by Edith Wharton: Lifestyles of the Rich and Selfish "If children don't look after each other, who's going to do it for them? You can't expect parents to, when they don't know how to look after themselves." This quote basically sums up the entire novel in two lines. Middle-aged bachelor Martin Boyne is an engineer traveling by. Edith Wharton considered The Children one of her favourite and finest novels. Centering around an unexpected and unconventional subject, it has been overlooked in the past and the present. Featuring a cast of characters, The Children centres around engineer Martin Boyne's (from a distinguished old-money New York family) involvement with. A bestseller when it was first published in , Edith Wharton's The Children is a comic, bittersweet novel about the misadventures of a bachelor and a band of precocious children. The seven Wheater children, stepbrothers and stepsisters grown weary of being shuttled from parent to parent "like bundles," are eager for their parents' latest reconciliation to last.
A bestseller when it was first published in , Edith Wharton's The Children is a comic, bittersweet novel about the misadventures of a bachelor and a band of precocious children. The seven Wheater children, stepbrothers and stepsisters grown weary of being shuttled from parent to parent "like bundles," are eager for their parents' latest reconciliation to last. The Children: (A novel) (Works of Edith Wharton Book 5) Published December 10th Kindle Edition, pages Author(s): Edith Wharton. ASIN. A bestseller when it was first published in , Edith Wharton's The Children is a comic, bittersweet novel about the misadventures of a bachelor and a band of precocious children. The seven.
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