Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

On a poor farm near Starkfield in western Massachusetts, Ethan Frome struggles to wrest a living from the land, unassisted by his whining and hypochondriacal wife Zeena. When Zeena’s young cousin Mattie Silver is left destitute, the only place she can go is Ethan’s farm. An embittered man and an enchanting young woman meeting in such circumstances unleash predictable consequences as passions are aroused between the three protagonists, Edith Wharton’s characterisation and deft handling of reversals of fortune are so accomplished that Ethan Frome has remained enduringly popular since its first publication in 1911 and is considered her greatest tragic story.

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Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

On a poor farm near Starkfield in western Massachusetts, Ethan Frome struggles to wrest a living from the land, unassisted by his whining and hypochondriacal wife Zeena. When Zeena’s young cousin Mattie Silver is left destitute, the only place she can go is Ethan’s farm. An embittered man and an enchanting young woman meeting in such circumstances unleash predictable consequences as passions are aroused between the three protagonists, Edith Wharton’s characterisation and deft handling of reversals of fortune are so accomplished that Ethan Frome has remained enduringly popular since its first publication in 1911 and is considered her greatest tragic story.

Additional information

ASIN ‏ : ‎

1840224088

Publisher ‏ : ‎

Wordsworth Editions Ltd; Classic Edition (October 5, 2000)

Language ‏ : ‎

English

Paperback ‏ : ‎

128 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎

9781840224085

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎

978-1840224085

Lexile measure ‏ : ‎

1090L

Item Weight ‏ : ‎

2.31 pounds

Dimensions ‏ : ‎

4.92 x 0.2 x 7.68 inches

Author

Edith 

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