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Rare and modern books

Edith Wharton

Ethan Frome

Wordsworth Editions, 2000

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Year of publication
2000
ISBN
9781840224085
Author
Edith Wharton
Pages
128
Volume
1
Publishers
Wordsworth Editions
Keyword
Drama
Dust jacket
No
State of preservation
New
Languages
English
Inscribed
No
Condition
New
First edition
No

Description

With an Introduction by Dr Pamela Knights, Department of English Studies, Durham University. With this intensely moving short novel, Edith Wharton set out 'to draw life as it really was' in the lonely villages and desolate farms of the harsh New England mountains. Through the eyes of a visitor from the city, trapped for a winter in snowbound Starkfield, readers glimpse the hidden histories of this austere and beautiful land. Piecing together the story of monosyllabic Ethan Frome, his grim wife, Zeena, and Mattie Silver, her charming cousin, Wharton explores psychological dead-lock: frustration, longing, resentment, passion. First published in 1911, the novella stunned its public with its consummate handling of the unfolding drama, and has remained for many readers the most compelling and subtle of all Wharton's fiction.
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