Evolving Resolutions

I'm not a great one for making New Year's Resolutions on 1st January. I prefer to let them evolve over the first few weeks of the year. But one resolution I have already made is to read more classics this year. Having visited both New England and California over the past 3 years I planned to read some John Steinbeck but my local library had other ideas. They were out of Steinbeck so I ended up with Edith Wharton instead and what a treat.



Ethan Frome is meant to be her bleakest book but it is b...