Ethan Frome - Paperback

Name: Ethan Frome - Paperback
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SKU: 9780451531315
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by Edith Wharton

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Book Overview

A masterwork of American literature from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Age of Innocence.

A marked departure from Edith Wharton's usual ironic contemplation of the fashionable New York society to which she belonged, Ethan Frome is a sharply etched portrait of the simple inhabitants of a nineteenth-century New England village. The protagonist, Ethan Frome, is a man tormented by a passionate love for his ailing wife's young cousin. Trapped by the bonds of marriage and the fear of public condemnation, he is ultimately destroyed by that which offers him the greatest chance at happiness.

Like The House of Mirth and many of Edith Wharton's other novels, Ethan Frome centers on the power of local convention to smother the growth of the individual. Written with stark simplicity, this powerful and tragic novel has long been considered one of Wharton's greatest works.

ISBN	9780451531315
Author	Edith Wharton
Publisher	Signet Book
Genre	Literature
Format	Paperback
Published	June 2009
Language	ENG- English
Pages	192
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Teens & young adults
Print Size	Standard Print

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