Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

"Ethan Frome" by Edith Wharton is a novella published in 1911. Set in the harsh winter landscape of rural Massachusetts, it tells the story of a man trapped in a loveless marriage who falls deeply in love with his wife's young cousin. As passion conflicts with duty and circumstance, their forbidden connection leads toward a desperate act with devastating consequences. This tragic tale explores how desire, obligation, and fate can intertwine to shape lives in unexpected and irreversible ways. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937
Title Ethan Frome
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Frome
Credits Produced by Charles Aldarondo and David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 77.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Domestic fiction
Subject New England -- Fiction
Subject Married people -- Fiction
Subject Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction
Subject Accident victims -- Fiction
Subject Rural poor -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 4517
Release Date
Last Update Mar 15, 2024
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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