Perhaps the best-known and most popular of Edith Wharton’s novels, Ethan Frome is widely considered her masterpiece. Set against a bleak New England background, the novel tells of Frome, his ailing wife Zeena and her companion Mattie Silver, superbly delineating the characters of each as they are drawn relentlessly into a deep-rooted domestic struggle.
Burdened by poverty and spiritually dulled by a loveless marriage to an older woman. Frome is emotionally stirred by the arrival of a youthful cousin who is employed as household help. Mattie’s presence not only brightens a gloomy house but stirs long-dormant feelings in Ethan. Their growing love for one another, discovered by an embittered wife, presages an ending to this grim tale that is both shocking and savagely ironic.
Author: Edith Wharton
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 01/01/1991
Series: Dover Thrift Editions
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.18lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.31d
ISBN: 9780486266909
Language: English
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