num_pages: 144
description: Ethan Frome, a novel by Edith Wahrton, is told by an unnamed narrator who recounts an encounter with Ethan Frome in a wintry town of Starkfield, Massachusetts. The story delves into Ethan Frome's attempt of escaping his small town upbringing and pursuing his dream career in science, until his parents illness' force him to return. Ethan meets a love interest, Zeena, in his time back home and also deals with his illnesses related to hypochondria.
language: English
title: Ethan Frome
titlecomplete: Ethan Frome
characters: Mattie Silver, Jotham Powell, Zeena Frome, Eliza Spears, Michael Eady, Orin Silver, Mrs. Homan, Mrs. Hale, Dr. Kidder, Aunt Martha Pierce, Aunt Philura Maple, Mrs. Frome, Lawyer Varnum, Mrs. Varnum, Denis Eady, Mrs. Ned Hale, Ned Hale, Harmon Gow, Ethan Frome, Daniel Byrne, Andrew Hale, Dr. Buck
genres: Fiction, American, School, Literature, Romance, Classics, Novels, High School, Read For School, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 123725
places: Massachusetts, New England, Starkfield, Massachusetts
publisher: Filiquarian