Ethan Frome (Reader's Library Classics) - Softcover

Wharton, Edith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1954839308 ISBN 13: 9781954839304

Publisher: Reader's Library Classics, 2021

Synopsis

They stood together in the gloom of the spruces, an empty world glimmering about them wide and grey under the stars.

Curiosity strikes a visitor to the small town of Starkfield, Massachusetts, when he notices an older gentleman walking with a limp throughout town. Speaking with the townspeople, the visitor discovers the man to be a lifelong resident of Starkfield named Ethan Frome and that he had acquired his limp some 24 years ago in what was described as a “smash-up.” Further details about Frome were withheld, and the visitor’s curiosity grows. In a chance crossing, the visitor hires Frome as his personal driver for a week, and after a severe snowstorm hits, he must lodge in Frome’s home. Frome’s story then unfolds…

Edition details

• Publisher: Reader's Library Classics
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1954839308
• ISBN 13: 9781954839304
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 130