num_pages: 128
description: With an Introduction by Dr Pamela Knights, Department of English Studies, Durham University On a poor farm near Starkfield in western Massachusetts, Ethan Frome struggles to wrest a living from the land, unassisted by his whining and hypochondriacal wife Zeena. When Zeena's young cousin Mattie Silver is left destitute, the only place she can go is Ethan's farm. An embittered man and an enchanting young woman meeting in such circumstances unleash predictable consequences as passions are aroused between the three protagonists, Edith Wharton's characterisation and deft handling of reversals of fortune are so accomplished that Ethan Frome has remained enduringly popular since its first publication in 1911 and is considered her greatest tragic story.
language: English
title: Ethan Frome
titlecomplete: Ethan Frome
characters: Aunt Philura Maple, Jotham Powell, Mrs. Ned Hale, Mattie Silver, Zeena Frome, Mrs. Varnum, Denis Eady, Dr. Kidder, Mrs. Frome, Daniel Byrne, Orin Silver, Dr. Buck, Lawyer Varnum, Aunt Martha Pierce, Mrs. Hale, Eliza Spears, Michael Eady, Ned Hale, Ethan Frome, Harmon Gow, Mrs. Homan, Andrew Hale
genres: Classics, American, Novels, High School, Read For School, School, Romance, Historical Fiction, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 123699
places: Massachusetts, New England, Starkfield, Massachusetts
publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd