Ethan Frome
by Edith Wharton
Set against the bleak Winter Landscape of New England, Ethan Frome is the story of a lonely and depressed poor farmer, his wife Zenah and his cousin, charming Matty Silver. Edith Wharton, who played the powerful and gripping drama of this short novel, built her least characteristic and most famous book. In Introduction, leading critic Elaine Schulter discusses the background to the novel's composition and the reasons for its long-term success.
