# Ethan Frome

by [Edith Wharton](https://localbooks.app/authors/edith-wharton)

- Genres: [Novellas](https://localbooks.app/genres/literary-fiction/novellas)
- Set in: [Starkfield, Massachusetts, United States](https://localbooks.app/places/us/massachusetts/starkfield) (fictional)
- Audience: Adult
- Published: 1911
- Pages: 98

## Description

On a poor farm in snowbound Massachusetts, Ethan Frome is trapped in a bitter marriage to his sickly wife Zeena. When her young cousin Mattie comes to help in the house, Ethan begins to imagine another life.

## Where to buy

- [Open Library (ebook)](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL98501W)
- [Project Gutenberg (ebook)](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Ethan%20Frome)

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