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304 pages • first pub 1928 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780684831558
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Publication date: 02 September 1997
Description
A bestseller when it was first published in 1928, 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 we...
Community Reviews Summary of 70 reviews
Moods
emotional 33%
reflective 33%
sad 33%
tense 33%
challenging 16%
funny 16%
hopeful 16%
lighthearted 16%
Pace
slow 25%
fast 12%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 100%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 40% | Yes: 40% | No: 20%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 60% | No: 20% | Yes: 20%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 60% | Yes: 40%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 100%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Moderate
Pedophilia
304 pages • first pub 1928 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780684831558
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Publication date: 02 September 1997
Description
A bestseller when it was first published in 1928, 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 we...
Community Reviews Summary of 70 reviews
Moods
emotional 33%
reflective 33%
sad 33%
tense 33%
challenging 16%
funny 16%
hopeful 16%
lighthearted 16%
Pace
slow 25%
fast 12%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 100%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 40% | Yes: 40% | No: 20%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 60% | No: 20% | Yes: 20%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 60% | Yes: 40%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 100%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Moderate
Pedophilia