7/2/2023 0 Comments 1911 novel by edith wharton![]() ![]() ![]() "In its spare, chilling creation of rural isolation, hardscrabble poverty and wintry landscape," writes Alfred Kazin in his afterword, ""Ethan Frome" overwhelms the reader as a drama of irresistible necessity." An exemplary work of literary realism in setting and character, "Ethan Frome" stands as one of the great classics of twentieth-century American literature. ![]() Set in the highly symbolic wintry landscape of Starkfield, Massachusetts. Set in the bleak, barren winter landscape of New England, it is the tragic tale of a simple man, bound to the demands of his farm and his tyrannical, sickly wife, Zeena, and driven by his star-crossed love for Zeena's young cousin, Mattie Silver. Edith Whartons 1911 novel Ethan Frome tells the story of a tragic love triangle. ![]() Subtly and haunting, it keeps the reader’s attention despite the somber storyline. With this two-volume set, The Library of America presents the finest of Wharton's achievement in short fiction: 67 stories drawn from the entire span of her writing life, including the novella-length works The Touchstone, Sanctuary, and Bunner Sisters, eight shorter pieces never collected by Wharton, and many stories long out-of-print. First published in 1911, "Ethan Frome" is widely regarded as Edith Wharton's most revealing novel and her finest achievement in fiction. Ethan Frome (1911) by Edith Wharton is a slim but emotionally impactful novel. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |