The setting for this piercing New England novel is the aptly named Starkfield, where, despite violently blue skies, the chill of cold and snow seems also to settle inside the hearts of the people who live there. Tethered to his farm, first by helpless parents, later by his querulous, hypochondriac wife Zeena, Ethan Frome ekes out a bare subsistence. Then Zeena's cousin, the impoverished, enchanting Mattie Silver comes to work for them, and, in Mattie, Ethan's hopes and dreams are rekindled.
Yet theirs is a forbidden love, hemmed in by Zeena's presence. The impossible intensity in which the three exist has devastating consequences...
| ISBN: | 9781844083527 |
| Publication date: | 26th April 2007 |
| Author: | Edith Wharton |
| Publisher: | Virago Press Ltd an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 112 pages |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Historical Fiction Romance / Relationship Stories Classic fiction: general and literary |
The setting for this piercing New England novel is the aptly named Starkfield, where, despite violently blue skies, the chill of cold and snow seems also to settle inside the hearts of the people who live there. Tethered to his farm, first by helpless parents, later by his querulous, hypochondriac wife Zeena, Ethan Frome ekes out a bare subsistence.
Ethan Frome features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance / Relationship Stories, Classic fiction: general and literary
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Ethan Frome was written by Edith Wharton and published by Virago Press Ltd an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group
Ethan Frome has 112 pages
Yes it is part of Virago Modern Classics series