Ethan Frome -- Edith Wharton, Paperback

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
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 1/1/1991
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.18 lbs
Size: 8" H x 5" L x 0.31" W
ISBN: 9780486266909

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