Literary Fiction · MelancholicA New England family of wealth and its restless daughter-in-law
Early Autumn
A restless wife in a wealthy New England family, shortly after World War I
Early Autumn is set in the fictional Massachusetts town of Durham shortly after World War I. It follows the wealthy, upper-class Pentland family as their world changes around them. It centers on Olivia, a restless wife whose life is growing more confining, and her attraction to Michael O'Hara, a newcomer who has bought the former home of Sabine Callender.
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Who
John Pentland, the family patriarch; Olivia Pentland, his daughter-in-law; her husband Anson; Aunt Cassie; Sabine Callender; and Michael O'Hara, an Irish immigrant politician from Boston.
World
The fictional Massachusetts town of Durham, shortly after World War I.
What makes it different
It is the third of four novels in a series called Escape, and it won the 1927 Pulitzer Prize for the Novel.
Feel
Quiet and fading, about a family's confinements.
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Further reading
- Early AutumnWikipedia