Ethan Frome -- Edith Wharton

Perhaps the best-known and most popular of Edith Wharton's novels, <i>Ethan Frome</i> 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.<br>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.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Edith Wharton<br><b>Publisher:</b> Dover Publications<br><b>Published:</b> 01/01/1991<br><b>Pages:</b> 96<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.18lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.31d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780486266909<br><b>Age Range:</b> 11-UP<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 7.6<br><b>Point Value:</b> 6<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Upper Grade<br><b>Quiz #/Name: </b>10031 / Ethan Frome (Unabridged)<br><p></p>