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Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper class New York "aristocracy" to realistically portray the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. She was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1921. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1996.

Aside from a Pulitzer-Prize winning talent for writing, she also had a distinct flair for design; and, The Mount was very much an expression of her classical tastes.

The novel was published in 1911, set in the fictitious town of Starkfield, Massachusetts, whose naming is a subtle overture to the book's mood. Featured in our collection of 25 Great American Novels. The work was adapted into a popular 1993 film of the same name. Chapter I. Chapter II.

Young Ethan Frome walked at a quick pace along the deserted street, past the bank and Michael Eady's new brick store and Lawyer Varnum's house with the two black Norway spruces at the gate

Young Ethan Frome walked at a quick pace along the deserted street, past the bank and Michael Eady's new brick store and Lawyer Varnum's house with the two black Norway spruces at the gate. Opposite the Varnum gate, where the road fell away toward the Corbury valley, the church reared its slim white steeple and narrow peristyle. Denis Eady was the son of Michael Eady, the ambitious Irish grocer, whose suppleness and effrontery had given Starkfield its first notion of "smart" business methods, and whose new brick store testified to the success of the attempt.

Frome was so simple and straightforward that I was sure his curiosity about the book was based on a genuine interest in its subject

I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story. If you know Starkfield, Massachusetts, you know the post-office. Frome was so simple and straightforward that I was sure his curiosity about the book was based on a genuine interest in its subject. Such tastes and acquirements in a man of his condition made the contrast more poignant between his outer situation and his inner needs, and I hoped that the chance of giving expression to the latter might at least unseal his lips.

I thought that this book was a great book

Thomas reads all the parts, including the women and gives an excellent performance. His voice is lulling and familiar. I thought that this book was a great book. It isn't a very good book if you just want to read for plot, but if you want to read something a little deeper, it's a very interesting book.

She certainly seemed to feel as ensnared by marriage as her character Ethan Frome, even though she was living on her beautiful Lenox, Massachusetts estate called The Mount at the time.

Another popular novel by Wharton is ‘Ethan Frome’ (1911). The main character Ethan Frome, who is a farmer, falls for his wife’s cousin, Mattie

She was home schooled by private tutors and well groomed by governesses. Another popular novel by Wharton is ‘Ethan Frome’ (1911). The main character Ethan Frome, who is a farmer, falls for his wife’s cousin, Mattie. The story is situated in New England farm a place she had known when she resided in Lenox, Massachusetts. Wharton also published many short stories. She is also known for writing horror stories involving ghosts and other paranormal activities.

Ethan Frome is considered by many critics to be Wharton's finest work, although the rural setting and length is atypical of her output. She wrote the work in a determined effort to take a setting she felt was overly sentimentalized by her fellow female authors and strip the location of cozy &.