num_pages: 119
description: This dark, regionally-flavored novella chronicles the lives of three people on a small Massachusetts farm - a sharp departure from Wharton's usual novelistic settings in American high society. Farmer Ethan Frome marries whining hypochondriac Zeena in a fit of bad judgment, and spends his scant earnings from the farm to pay for her medicines. When Zeena's impoverished cousin Mattie comes to live with the two, however, Ethan and Mattie fall madly in love. Deciding a future together is impossible, the lovers attempt suicide -ending in a fate worse then the death they so desperately longed for.
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: 123716
places: Massachusetts, New England, Starkfield, Massachusetts
publisher: Adamant Media Corporation