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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

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...

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

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, 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

Read the American classic in English and French. This novella follows a family whose temperament reflects that of the New England countryside around them: cold, empty, seemingly without end.Od?on Bilingue makes reading in two languages fun and simple. All paragraphs are numbered... 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

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

Etham Frome (1911) relata la vida de un hombre rodeado de condiciones adversas que demuestran su amargo destino. l se convierte en un fantasma viviente que deambula su pena por el pueblo de Starkfield. Ethan se encuentra atrapado en un matrimonio sin amor y resignado a su aciaga... 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

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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,... 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