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Ethan Frome

Edith Wharton

Publisher: Bu Classics Books

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Summary

Bound to a sickly wife and a failing farm in the bleak Starkfield winter, a lonely man finds a dangerous spark of joy in his wife's young cousin. As snow buries the landscape, repressed passions threaten to explode, leading the trio toward a tragic, inevitable destiny. The frozen silence of the setting mirrors the suffocating constraints of duty and social expectation. This masterpiece of isolation delivers a chilling finale that lingers long after the last page.
Available since: 03/04/2026.
Print length: 121 pages.

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