A masterwork From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author
Nineteenth-century New England villager Ethan Frome is tormented by his love for his ailing wife’s cousin. Trapped, he may ultimately be destroyed by that which offers his greatest chance at happiness…
About Ethan Frome
Edith Wharton’s most widely read work is a tightly constructed and almost unbearably heartbreaking story of forbidden love in a snowbound New England village.
This brilliantly wrought, tragic novella explores the repressed emotions and destructive passions of working-class people far removed from the elevated social milieu usually inhabited by Wharton’s characters. Ethan Frome is a poor farmer, trapped in a marriage to a demanding and controlling wife, Zeena. When Zeena’s young cousin Mattie enters their household she opens a window of hope in Ethan’s bleak life, but his wife’s reaction prompts a desperate attempt to escape fate that goes horribly wrong. Ethan Frome is an unforgettable story with the force of myth, featuring realistic and haunting characters as vivid as any Wharton ever conjured.
The upper stratum of New York society into which Edith Wharton was born in 1862 provided her with an abundance of material as a novelist but did not encourage her growth as an artist. Educated by tutors and governesses, she… More about Edith Wharton
About Edith Wharton
The upper stratum of New York society into which Edith Wharton was born in 1862 provided her with an abundance of material as a novelist but did not encourage her growth as an artist. Educated by tutors and governesses, she… More about Edith Wharton
Product Details
Mass Market Paperback | $5.95
Published by Signet Jun 02, 2009| 192 Pages| 4-3/16 x 6-3/4| ISBN 9780451531315
Ebook | $4.99
Published by Signet Jun 01, 2000| 192 Pages| ISBN 9781101219522
