"It seemed to Ethan that his heart was bound with cords which an unseen hand was tightening with every tick of the clock."
Finding himself in the small town of Starkfield for the winter, the narrator sets out to learn the tragic story of Ethan Frome. The townspeople, however, are hesitant to tell him much. But one night he seeks shelter from a bad weather in the house of non other than Frome himself.
`Ethan Frome' (1911) is the beautifully written story of a loveless marriage and temptation, full of regret and raw emotion. Liam Neeson and Patricia Arquette are the leading roles in the 1993 movie of the same name.
Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was an American writer and designer. Her family belonged to the upper class of New York, and the phrase "Keeping up with the Joneses" is said to have referred to them. Wharton's list of works includes novels like `The Age of Innocence' and `Ethan Frome', and she was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize.
Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton (1862–1937), née dans une famille aisée de New York, est l’une des grandes figures de la littérature américaine. Auteure prolifique, elle a marqué l’histoire littéraire en devenant la première femme à remporter le **Prix Pulitzer** pour *Le Temps de l’innocence* (1921). *Ethan Frome* (1911), écrit alors qu’elle traverse une période personnelle difficile, s’éloigne de son univers habituel de la haute société new-yorkaise pour décrire, avec une justesse implacable, le destin brisé d’un homme ordinaire. Son œuvre, à la fois psychologique et sociale, explore les tensions entre désir et devoir, liberté et convention.
