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Ethan Frome
- Author
- Edith Wharton
- Narrator
- Margaret Melosh
- Publisher
- Musaicum Books
- Publish Date
- 1 June 2019
- Run Time
- 3 hours 22 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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- Author
- Edith Wharton
- Narrator
- Margaret Melosh
- Duration
- 3 hours 22 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 June 2019
- ISBN
- 4057664166883
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Musaicum Books
- Genre
- Historical romance, Family life fiction / Stories about family
Synopsis
The story is set in the fictitious town of Starkfield, Massachusetts, where a visiting engineer recounts the story of his encounter with Ethan Frome, a man with a past of thwarted dreams and wishes. The amassed longing of Frome ends in an ironic turn of events. His original impressions are based on his observations of Frome going about his everyday tasks in Starkfield, and something about him catches the eye and curiosity of the visitor, but no one in the town seems interested in revealing many details about the man or his history - or perhaps they are not able to. The narrator ultimately finds himself in the position of staying overnight at Frome's house in order to escape a winter storm, and from there he observes Frome and his private settings…
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