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Perhaps the best-known and most popular of Edith Wharton's novels, Ethan Frome is widely considered her masterpiece. 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... Read Full Overview

Set against the frozen waste of a harsh New England winter, Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome is a tale of despair, forbidden emotions, and sexual tensions, published with an introduction and notes by Elizabeth Ammons in Penguin Classics. Ethan Frome works his unproductive farm and... Read Full Overview

A masterwork From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Nineteenth-century New England villager Ethan Frome is tormented by his love for his ailing wife's cousin. Trapped, he may ultimately be destroyed by that which offers his greatest chance at happiness...

Ethan Frome , written by Edith Wharton, is a classic American novel that focuses on the story of a broken "ruin of a man" -- the titular Ethan Frome -- and the series of misfortunes in life and love that contribute to his fate. Set in the rural town of Starkfield, Massachusetts,... Read Full Overview

First published in 1911, Ethan Frome is set in the fictional town of Starkfield, Massachusetts. A visiting engineer tells the story of his encounter with Ethan Frome, the most striking figure in Starkfield . In Chapter I, Ethan is waiting outside a church dance for Mattie, his... Read Full Overview

It is fully annotated for undergraduate readers.

"Backgrounds and Contexts" includes a rich selection of materials, some previously unavailable, for the study of contemporary psychological, social, and economic issues, as well as Wharton's private correspondence and writings... Read Full Overview

Ethan Frome works his unproductive farm and struggles to maintain a bearable existence with his difficult, suspicious and hypochondriac wife, Zeenie. But when Zeenie's vivacious cousin enters their household as a 'hired girl', Ethan finds himself obsessed with her and with the... Read Full Overview

Ethan Frome , written by Edith Wharton, is a classic American novel that focuses on the story of a broken "ruin of a man" -- the titular Ethan Frome -- and the series of misfortunes in life and love that contribute to his fate. Set in the rural town of Starkfield, Massachusetts,... Read Full Overview

Ethan Frome is a novel published in 1911 by the Pulitzer Prize-winning American author Edith Wharton. Set in the fictitious town of Starkfield, Massachusetts. Widely regarded as one of the greatest tales ever told, this is a classic that has seen many adaptations including screenplays... Read Full Overview

Ethan Frome was published in 1911 by the Pulitzer Prize-winning American author Edith Wharton. It is set in turn-of-the-century New England in the fictitious town of Starkfield, Massachusetts. Ethan Frome is a man with dreams and desires that end in an ironic turn of events... Read Full Overview

Set against the bleak winter landscape of New England, Ethan Frome is the story of a poor farmer, lonely and downtrodden, his wife Zeena, and her cousin, the enchanting Mattie Silver. In the playing out of this short novel's powerful and engrossing drama, Edith Wharton constructed... Read Full Overview

Ethan Frome, a poor, downtrodden New England farmer is trapped in a loveless marriage to his invalid wife, Zeena. His ambition and intelligence are oppressed by Zeena's cold, conniving character. When Zeena's young cousin Mattie arrives to help care for her, Ethan is immediately... Read Full Overview

Edith Wharton s haunting classic Ethan Frome is set in a small, isolated town in Massachusetts, exploring the depths of human emotion and the profound impact of choices made in the face of societal constraints.

The story revolves around the titular... Read Full Overview