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Female Author (25) » 54 més 1910s (1) Short and Sweet (13) Unread books (126) Top Five Books of 2018 (383) 100 World Classics (41) Books Read in 2013 (134) Books Read in 2019 (632) Out of Copyright (38) Overdue Podcast (120) Favourite Books (1,167) Books Read in 2020 (3,159) Carole's List (231) Accidents in Fiction (10) Books on my Kindle (117) Short Books to Read (10) Best First Lines (42) Love and Marriage (33) Winter Books (6) Five star books (1,241) No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. 20. Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton published: 1911 format: 89-page Scribner Library paperback from 1970 acquired: This was my high school copy and has my handwriting. It was shipped to me, along with the rest of the books on my childhood bedroom shelves, in 2007. read: Apr 27 – May 3 time reading: 4:20, 2.9 mpp rating: 5 genre/style: classic novella theme: Wharton locations: fictional Starkville, Massachusetts about the author: about the author: 1862-1937. Born Edith Newbold Jones on West 23rd Street, New York City. Relocated permanently to France after 1911. My latest Wharton is such a one-off from her earlier works. And it's also perfectly executed. I was assigned this in high school and it left me with a warped view of Wharton. Unwilling or unable to see the masterpiece then, I came away with a sense of droll incomprehensible writing, and a sled. Starkville, MA is far away from Wharton's New York elite. Also it‘s winter and there‘s no money - two things that really define Ethan‘s cold marriage and spoken words. The prose is sparse, and the characters spoken words are far sparser, and none mean what they seem to say. And this drives Ethan's impulsive pursuit of the dancing Mattie Silver. It has an interesting, carefully worded, but very slow start. Every word is important. But midway through I found myself really into this sparse shadowy cold world, reading inappropriately fast. Really, this is great stuff. It's sad, held by perfectly balanced stresses, with a wonderful sparse winter-isolation atmosphere, a strangely romantic narrative drive and ending in a terrific tragic element. All three main characters are permanently memorable - lanky thin Ethan, lively Mattie and dark brooding unreadable and bitter Zeena. Also I thought I caught a sly authorial smile embedded in there. I'm not sure how to context this with my Wharton reading, because it's so different, but I'm really happy to have read this. 2022 https://www.librarything.com/topic/341027#7832320 Poor Ethan gets a cold lesson on how cruel love can me. Couldn't get into it Unfortunately, this bleak book shaped the first half of my life...until recently when I started reading the Power of Now. Reread the book and realized this was Frome's attempt at describing a place through its people. Not as bleak the second time around, this novel is a brilliant piece about place, not people. Wish I had first read it when I was 30, not 15.
It will only take you the afternoon, but it’s shocking snowy ending will leave you pondering it for days. Pertany a aquestes col·leccions editorialsContingut aThree Classics By American Women: The Awakening; Ethan Frome; O Pioneers ( Bantam Classics) de Kate Chopin Té l'adaptacióTé una guia d'estudi per a estudiants
Ethan Frome, a poor, downtrodden New England farmer is trapped in a loveless marriage to his invalid wife, Zeena. His ambition and intelligence are oppressed by Zeena's cold, conniving character. When Zeena's young cousin Mattie arrives to help care for her, Ethan is immediately taken by Mattie's warm, vivacious personality. They fall desperately in love as he realizes how much is missing from his life and marriage. Tragically, their love is doomed by Zeena's ever-lurking presence and by the social conventions of the day. Ethan remains torn between his sense of obligation and his urge to satisfy his heart's desire up to the suspenseful and unanticipated conclusion. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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I admit that I came to this one dragging my feet. I had previously suffered through The Age of Innocence and didn't like it at all, but Ethan Frome took me completely by a very pleasant surprise. I was engaged in the story from the start and could hardly wait to hear what happened to the characters. It manages to be grim *and* exciting at the same time, and I really enjoyed it. (