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 56 reviews
Moods
tense 66%
challenging 33%
emotional 33%
funny 33%
hopeful 33%
reflective 33%
sad 33%
Pace
medium 40%
fast 20%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 100%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 50% | No: 25% | Yes: 25%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 50% | No: 25% | Yes: 25%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 66% | No: 33%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 56 reviews
Moods
tense 66%
challenging 33%
emotional 33%
funny 33%
hopeful 33%
reflective 33%
sad 33%
Pace
medium 40%
fast 20%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 100%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 50% | No: 25% | Yes: 25%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 50% | No: 25% | Yes: 25%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 66% | No: 33%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 100%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Moderate
Pedophilia