Ethan Frome Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Edith Wharton
SCORE
4
TOTAL RATINGS
1,059

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton Book Summary

Ethan Frome is set in a fictional New England town named Starkfield, where an unnamed narrator tells the story of his encounter with Ethan Frome, a man with dreams and desires that end in an ironic turn of events. The narrator tells the story based on an account from observations at Frome's house when he had to stay there during a winter storm. The novel is framed by the literary device of an extended flashback. The first chapter opens with an unnamed male narrator spending a winter in Starkfield. He sets out to learn about the life of a mysterious local figure named Ethan Frome, a man who had been injured in a horrific smash-up twenty-four years before. Frome is described as "the most striking figure in Starkfield, the ruin of a man with a careless powerful look in spite of a lameness checking each step like the jerk of a chain. The narrator fails to get many details from the townspeople. However, the narrator hires Frome as his driver for a week. A severe snowstorm forces Frome to take the narrator to his home one night for shelter. Just as the two are entering Frome's house, the first chapter ends. The second chapter flashes back twenty-four years; the narration switches from the first-person narrator of the first chapter to a limited third-person narrator. Ethan is waiting outside a church dance for Mattie, his wife’s cousin, who lives with Ethan and his wife Zeena (Zenobia) to help around the house since Zeena is sickly. Mattie is given the occasional night off to entertain herself in town as partial recompense for taking care of the Frome family without pay, and Ethan has fallen into the habit of walking her home. It is made clear that Ethan has deep feelings for Mattie, and it is equally clear that Zeena suspects these feelings and does not approve.

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Book Name Ethan Frome
Genre Literary Fiction
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Language English
E-Book Size 88.83 KB

Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton) Book Reviews 2024

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Simple, realistic, and wounding. A quick,vocabulary-rich read. I launched into this reread and finished in a couple of hours (took longer because I was making a study guide for my class as I read). It was just as heartbreaking and hopeless as when I first encountered it. This short but very rich look at the bleakness of harsh,country life without love or hope leaves the reader considering their own blessings. Another raw look at the familiar theme of unrealized or unconsummated love.

Boo. Boo

Ethan Frome. Didn’t understand a thing. 😂

Great Book. Great Book

Like a rough winter. It's a quick read and the descriptions and characters are interesting and well-developed. It's a great character study of how life changes people - some for the better, others for the worse. It's not a happy story.

Such a tragic story. Definitely gets you thinking. Really makes you sympathize with Ethan. He was only trying to achieve happiness

I hate this book. Genuinely the most boring and least enjoyable books I have ever read. Each character is flawed to such a degree as to be unlikeable by the end. I wish the suicide attempt at the end worked dear god.

.. Love this book!

Quick but satisfying read. I had to read Ethan Frome for an English class several years ago, and to this day it's one of my favorite books. Don't take it at face value- it's not very exciting. But from a literary analysis standpoint, it's rich and full of fantastic ideas and deeply satisfying content. Be warned, though- it does have a very bleak ending.

Ethan Frome. The story covered a period in the lives of three people tied together through a bitter dependency. They lived in extreme poverty. These two circumstances gave a grim tone to the book. The reader is compelled to follow the story with the hope of a relief to the dreary story line.

Ethan Frome. Ethan Frome’s ending was confusing and anti-climatic

LOVE IT!!!!!. I had to read this book for my College Comp class last year and I could not put it down. I read the entire thing in one sitting. I absolutely love it and I would read it a million times if I could. I love this book and highly recommend it!

Horrible Book!. I hated the ending when they tried to kill themselves they would have been better off if they had just finished the job.

Bad. I did not like the book

Ethan Frome Review. I like the book, but Edith blows up the smallest intimate moments like, holding hands. C'mon man, beautiful story line though

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Summary of Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

The Ethan Frome book written by Edith Wharton was published on 01 January 1937, Friday in the Literary Fiction category. A total of 1,059 readers of the book gave the book 4 points out of 5.

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