Ethan Frome in Never too Late to Read Classics

Jun 19, 2015 Chrissie rated it did not like it

Shelves: classics, shorts, usa, disliked, love, relationships, library

I absolutely hated this book.

OK, two things were good. The author draws New England landscapes, particularly in winter, beautifully. Secondly, the book was exceedingly short, so my misery wasn't prolonged. I need to joke after reading this sad, dismal, depressing book. Jeez, how can people look at life with such eyes?! Stop griping and do something with your life. It is your own fault if you just sob and moan.

You follow a couple that is ill-fit. The reader has to listen to their arguments. On ...more

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Dec 31, 2015 Karen rated it really liked it

I read this years ago, I honestly can't say when, but this book evoked images that I still remembered before reading again. The images I have of this book are winter, cold, snow, bleak. I will always think of Frome from the first sight the engineer had of him.

it was the careless powerful look he had, in spite of a lameness checking each step like the jerk of a chain.

We learn that Frome had gone to a tech school in Worcester. My Mom was born in Worcester, and she grew up in small New England v ...more

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Jan 23, 2009 Laura rated it really liked it

Shelves: classics, 1001-books-you-must-read-before-you, read-2009, book-and-movie

From BBC Radio 4:
Edith Wharton's tragic love story set in rural Massachusetts. Trapped in a loveless marriage, Ethan Frome becomes obsessed with his wife's cousin Mattie. ...more

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Aug 20, 2022 Kelly_Hunsaker_reads ... rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, american-lit, read-in-2022

If you love Edith Wharton for her clever and witty way of discussing class struggles for the upper classes in New York -- this is not the book for you. Ethan Frome is a quiet look at a struggling marriage, an unhappy man, and the dire consequences that occur when he acknowledges his desire to escape. It is a deeply sad book, with loneliness on every page.

When the book opens we meet Ethan Frome. Although he is in his 50s he seems to be much older. He is a solitary, quiet and miserable man. A woma ...more

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Sep 16, 2022 Debbie Hughes rated it it was amazing

This is an unforgettable book! I even went back to certain pages to see if I had read that correctly.. so surprised. I loved it. (Realized I never wrote a review!)

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