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A marked departure from Edith Wharton’s usual ironic contemplation of the fashionable New York society to which she belonged, Ethan Frome is a sharply etched portrait of the simple inhabitants of a nineteenth-century New England village. The protagonist, Ethan Frome, is a man tormented by a passionate love for his ailing wife’s young cousin. Trapped by the bonds of marriage and the fear of public condemnation, he is ultimately destroyed by that which offers him the greatest chance at happiness.
Like The House of Mirth and many of Edith Wharton’s other novels, Ethan Frome centers on the power of local convention to smother the growth of the individual. Written with stark simplicity, this powerful and tragic novel has long been considered one of Wharton’s greatest works.
- Edith Wharton - Author
- Anita Shreve - Author of introduction, etc.
- Susanna Moore - Author of afterword, colophon, etc.
Kindle Book
- Release date: August 27, 2010
OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781101219522
- Release date: August 27, 2010
EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781101219522
- File size: 219 KB
- Release date: August 27, 2010
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Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook
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English
Levels
ATOS Level:7.6
Lexile® Measure:1200
Interest Level:9-12(UG)
Text Difficulty:6