Ethan Frome (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780486266909)

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 of each as they are drawn relentlessly into a deep-rooted domestic struggle.
Burdened by poverty and spiritually dulled by a loveless marriage to an older woman. Frome is emotionally stirred by the arrival of a youthful cousin who is employed as household help. Mattie's presence not only brightens a gloomy house but stirs long-dormant feelings in Ethan. Their growing love for one another, discovered by an embittered wife, presages an ending to this grim tale that is both shocking and savagely ironic.

Author: Edith Wharton
ISBN-10: 0486266907
ISBN-13: 9780486266909
Publisher: Dover Publications
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1991
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.18lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.31d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.6
Point Value: 6
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 10031 / Ethan Frome (Unabridged)