“I want to put my hand out and touch you. I want to do for you and care for you. I want to be there when you're sick and when you're lonesome.” ― Edith Wharton, Ethan FromeThe classic novel of despair, forbidden emotions, and sexual undercurrents set against the austere New England countryside.Ethan Frome works his unproductive farm and struggles to maintain a bearable existence with his difficult, suspicious and hypochondriac wife, Zeena. But when Zeena's vivacious cousin enters their household as a hired girl, Ethan finds himself obsessed with her and with the possibilities for happiness she comes to represent.In one of American fiction's finest and most intense narratives, Edith Wharton moves this ill-starred trio toward their tragic destinies. Different in both tone and theme from Wharton's other works, Ethan Frome has become perhaps her most enduring and most widely read book.A True Classic that Belongs on Every Bookshelf!
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- Release Date 05/11/2019
- Author Edith Wharton
- Language English
- Company CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Weight 3.68 ounces
- Dimensions 6 x 0.24 x 9 inches
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