Published in 1911, „Ethan Frome” is widely regarded as Edith Wharton’s most revealing novel and her finest achievement in fiction. An exemplary work of literary realism un setting an character, Ethan Frome„ stands as one of the great classics of twentieth century American literature. The novel was adapted into a film in 1993. Directed by John Madden, it stars Liam Neeson as Ethan and Joan Allen as Zeena.
Frome is a young man. His mother was ill, and Zeena came to care for her. After his mother died, Ethan married Zeena out of loneliness. After some years Zeena asks for her cousin, the young and lovely Mattie Silver to help with housework, She shines a light of life into his meager and snowy existence, and their quiet passion grows.…
