Flash forward twenty-something years, and Ethan now lives with two people: his caretaker wife Zeena, and a sickly, harpy Mattie. Ethan and Mattie decide to run their sled into a tree and kill themselves, but are badly maimed instead. Ethan wants to run away with Mattie, but decides he can’t afford it. Zeena, no dummy, decides to send Mattie away, splitting up the star crossed lovers. But instead, Mattie and Ethan fall madly in love with each other. Zeena’s cousin Mattie, is staying with them to help care (badly) for Zeena. If you don’t want the story to be ruined, go away, read the book, then come back.Įthan Frome is the story of an unhappy man named Ethan in an unhappy marriage with Zeena, his sickly, harpy wife. Succinct summary:Īlert: this is a spoiler-ridden discussion. It’s the reason I often finish her books with an emphatic, “Damn you, Edith Wharton!” whilst shaking my fist at the heavens.Įthan Frome is no exception.
Your economic class can make you immobile.Sometimes, you’ll get a brief glimpse of light, and then it suuuuuuucks even worse forever after. Why do you vex us so? Themesįor the many who have read Edith Wharton such as Ethan Frome and The Age of Innocence in high school and beyond, you may notice a few similarities among many of her books: Classics, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Videos
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