Ethan Frome (Collins Classics)
On Sale: 01/15/2015
Ethan Frome (Collins Classics)
On Sale: 01/15/2015
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‘He looked at her hair and longed to touch it again, and to tell her that it smelt of the woods; but he had never learned to say such things…’
One harsh winter in 1900s New England, Ethan Frome toils at his farm while struggling to maintain a bearable existence with his forbidding wife, Zeena. When Ethan takes Zeena’s cousin, Mattie, home from a dance he is entranced: Mattie brings with her the possibility for happiness, and with that she quickly becomes a symbol of hope for Ethan.
First published in 1911, Ethan Frome is an intimate look at choices not made and lives not yet lived. Told through the eyes of a city outsider, this heartbreaking portrait of three lives haunted by thwarted dreams remains for many the most subtle and moving of Wharton’s works.
Critical Praise
‘This love story has an emotional intensity made all the more poignant by the inarticulate reticence of Wharton's characters – a menage a trois consisting of Frome, his querulous wife and her young girl cousin. With quiet assurance, Wharton conveys passion, malaise and tragedy with memorable impact.’ – Evening Standard
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Product Details
- ISBN: 9780008110550
- ISBN 10: 0008110557
- Imprint: William Collins
- On Sale: 01/15/2015
- Pages: 160
- List Price:2.99 CAD
- BISAC1 : FICTION / Classics
- BISAC2 : FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional
- BISAC3 : FICTION / Literary
- BISAC4 : FICTION / Small Town & Rural
- BISAC5 : FICTION / Historical
