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Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
4.0
“… the Frome grave-stones slanted at crazy angles through the snow. Ethan looked at them curiously. For years that quiet company had mocked his restlessness, his desire for change and freedom. 'We never got away—how should you?' seemed to be written on every headstone; and whenever he went in or out of his gate he thought with a shiver: 'I shall just go on living here till I join them.”
Ethan Frome is an ideal winter read, with Wharton skillfully portraying the bleak beauty of Starksfield's wintry backdrop. The book has the characteristics of a tragedy, and the drama is so engaging as the reader follows Ethan Frome, the tragic hero. For me, Ethan Frome is a cautionary tale about repression and rigidity. Ethan is a fence-rider, a man trying so hard to conform and rebel at the same time. Eventually, one has to make a choice and face the music concerning what they choose.
Ethan Frome is an ideal winter read, with Wharton skillfully portraying the bleak beauty of Starksfield's wintry backdrop. The book has the characteristics of a tragedy, and the drama is so engaging as the reader follows Ethan Frome, the tragic hero. For me, Ethan Frome is a cautionary tale about repression and rigidity. Ethan is a fence-rider, a man trying so hard to conform and rebel at the same time. Eventually, one has to make a choice and face the music concerning what they choose.