Bunner Sisters

Bunner Sisters Edith Wharton - 'Bunner Sisters,' written in 1892 but not published until 1916 in Xingu and Other Stories, takes place in a shabby neighborhood in New York City. The two Bunner sisters, Ann Eliza the elder, and Evelina the younger, keep a small shop selling artificial flowers and small handsewn articles to Stuyvesant Square's 'female population.'Ann Eliza gives Evelina a clock for her birthday. The clock leads the sisters to become involved with Herbert Ramy, owner of 'the queerest little store you ever laid eyes on.' Soon Ramy is a regular guest of the Bunner sisters, who realize that their 'treadmill routine,' once so comfortable, is now 'intolerably monotonous.'

Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862 August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer.

Auteur
Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862 August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer.

Résumé
Bunner Sisters Edith Wharton - "Bunner Sisters," written in 1892 but not published until 1916 in Xingu and Other Stories, takes place in a shabby neighborhood in New York City. The two Bunner sisters, Ann Eliza the elder, and Evelina the younger, keep a small shop selling artificial flowers and small handsewn articles to Stuyvesant Square's "female population."Ann Eliza gives Evelina a clock for her birthday. The clock leads the sisters to become involved with Herbert Ramy, owner of "the queerest little store you ever laid eyes on." Soon Ramy is a regular guest of the Bunner sisters, who realize that their "treadmill routine," once so comfortable, is now "intolerably monotonous."