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Ethan Frome - Edith Wharton, C.M. Hebert, Inc. Blackstone Audio
Ethan Frome
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Probably the most famous of Edith Wharton's novels, Ethan Frome contrasts sharply with her usual ironic contemplation of the fashionable New York society to which she herself belonged and whose strengths and weaknesses she understood so well. Ethan Frome is a keenly-etched portrait of the simple... show more
Probably the most famous of Edith Wharton's novels, Ethan Frome contrasts sharply with her usual ironic contemplation of the fashionable New York society to which she herself belonged and whose strengths and weaknesses she understood so well. Ethan Frome is a keenly-etched portrait of the simple inhabitants of a 19th-century New England village.Ethan, a gaunt, patient New Englander, is a man tormented by a passionate love for his wife's young cousin, Mattie. Restricted by the bonds of marriage and the fear of public condemnation, his desperate quest for happiness ultimately leads to pain and despair. Ethan's story, with its tragic implications of what might have been, has had an irresistible fascination over the past century.
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Format: Audible Audio Edition
ASIN: B000EAT1U6
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. & Buck 50 Productions, LLC
Edition language: English
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Merle
Merle rated it
3.0 Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
Despite the author’s literary skill, I didn't think much of this novella. In its brief page count, it chronicles the tragedy of Ethan Frome, a struggling young farmer hastily married to a cousin who constantly insists upon her unspecified ailments; while yearning for a better life, Ethan falls hard ...
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3.0 Review | Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
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 marria...
Jenny's Book Bag
Jenny's Book Bag rated it
3.0 Ethan Frome
I'm not an Edith Wharton fan, but I enjoyed this. Nice ending.
Jenny's Book Bag
Jenny's Book Bag rated it
3.0 Ethan Frome
I'm not an Edith Wharton fan, but I enjoyed this. Nice ending.
Words of a Bibliophile
Words of a Bibliophile rated it
4.0 Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
I thought I knew how this book was going to end — tragically, of course, but I didn't know that Wharton would add an extra punch that hit me sideways and prevented the novel from being a typical tragic love story. At first I was only mildly impressed by the story and the characters, but that unexpec...
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