Ethan frome

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton on BookBub. In the fictional New England town of Starkfield, an unnamed narrator is forced to stay at the home of Ethan Frome during a winter storm. He relates his encounter with Frome, “the most striking figure in Starkfield, he was but the ruin of a man, with a...

Read 7,810 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. Nineteenth-century New England villager Ethan Frome is tormented by his love for his ail…

Patricia Arquette and Liam Neeson in Ethan Frome (1993)

On January 12, 2014, I was sentenced to 90 days in Century Regional Detention Facility—Los Angeles County jail—for charges related to driving drunk. I’d committed my offenses while in a 414-day rel…

"Ethan Frome" is set during a cold New England winter, in which an isolated farmer tries to scrape out a meager living while tending to his demanding, ungrateful wife, Zeena. Then Mattie arrives to help, like a ray of sunshine.

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Challenge complete! Late in 2014, I decided to take on PopSugar’s 2015 Book Challenge, requiring me to read 52 books in 50 different genres. The result? This is probably the most I’ve read in a single year, and by far the most diverse array of literature. I also made a secondary goal this year of reading […]

Why Every Book Lover Should Read Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton: A Timeless Tale of Passion and Tragedy Introduction to Ethan Frome and Its Significance...

If you don’t have something nice to say, just zip that trap. We all heard that line (or some variation of it) when we were little. Every one of us has been the subject of gossip at some point…