The Children
by Edith Wharton
A best-selling novel when it was first published, Children is a funny, bittersweet novel about the adventures of a bachelor and a group of early children. Pshenichnik's seven children, half-siblings and stepchildren, tired of being transferred from parent to parent, are striving for their parents' final reconciliation. A chance meeting of the children with the lonely 46-year-old Martin Boyne leads to a series of unforgettable meetings.
