Ethan Frome And Other Short Fiction

Author : Edith Wharton
Publisher : Bantam Classics
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2007-09-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553904208

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Ethan Frome and Other Short Fiction by Edith Wharton Pdf

On a bleak New England farm, a taciturn young man has resigned himself to a life of grim endurance. Bound by circumstance to a woman he cannot love, Ethan Frome is haunted by a past of lost possibilities until his wife’s orphaned cousin, Mattie Silver, arrives and he is tempted to make one final, desperate effort to escape his fate. In language that is spare, passionate, and enduring, Edith Wharton tells this unforgettable story of two tragic lovers overwhelmed by the unrelenting forces of conscience and necessity. Included with Ethan Frome are the novella The Touchstone and three short stories, “The Last Asset,” “The Other Two,” and “Xingu.” Together, this collection offers a survey of the extraordinary range and power of one of America’s finest writers.

Author : Edith Wharton
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9791041848713

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Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton Pdf

Ethan Frome is a 1912 novel set in New England. It is a story of a doomed love triangle between Ethan Frome, his wife and their housekeeper. Given the social conventions of the time, Ethan Frome feels he must stay, trapped in a loveless marriage, rather than pursue his true feelings. The tension builds slowly to a dramatic and classically ironic ending in one of Wharton's best stories.

Author : Edith Wharton
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 087451715X

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Wharton's New England by Edith Wharton Pdf

Tales of betrayal, folly, and moral fervor acted out against a stark New England backdrop.

Author : Edith Wharton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798559610382

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Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton Pdf

Ethan Frome, On a bleak New England farm, a taciturn young man has resigned himself to a life of harsh resistance. Tied by circumstance to a woman he cannot love, Ethan Frome is haunted by a past of lost possibilities until Mattie Silver, his wife's orphaned cousin, arrives and is tempted to make one last desperate effort to escape. of your destiny. In sober, passionate and enduring language, Edith Wharton tells this unforgettable tale of two tragic lovers overwhelmed by the relentless forces of conscience and need.

Author : Edith Wharton
Publisher : Running Press Book Publishers
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1561387630

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Ethan Frome and Other Stories by Edith Wharton Pdf

Contains four stories by Edith Wharton plus an essay by Harold Bloom.

Author : Edith Wharton
Publisher : phonereader
Page : 11 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Literatura norteamericana
ISBN : 9782848541983

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The muse's tragedy by Edith Wharton Pdf

Author : Alice Munro
Publisher : Random House
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Classical fiction
ISBN : 9780099541097

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Selected Stories by Alice Munro Pdf

Short Stories. This first-ever selection of Alice Munro's stories sums up her genius. Her territory is the secrets that cackle beneath the facade of everyday lives, the pain and promises, loves and fears of apparently ordinary men and women whom she renders extraordinary and unforgettable.

Author : Edith Wharton
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783368285418

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Bunner Sisters by Edith Wharton Pdf

Reproduction of the original.

Author : Edith Wharton
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781513275574

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Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton Pdf

The classic short novel of love, deceit, and tragedy, Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton has been breaking hearts and shocking readers for over a century. Ethan Frome is a ruin of a man, aged and limping. Alienated from the other residents of desolate Starkfield, Massachusetts, he can barely draw a living from the stony soil of his family farm. For twenty-four years, Frome has held a secret in his heart: he loved not his waspish wife Zeena, but her young cousin Mattie, whom Zeena depended on for care. When an enigmatic newcomer arrives in Starkfield one frigid winter and takes pity on Frome, the tragic twist of Frome’s love and desire, and the reason for his crippling injuries, are set to be revealed. Ethan Frome is a classic tragic love story. The inability of Ethan and Mattie to articulate their feelings save through gestures—as small as a broken plate, as large as a horrific accident—speak to the power of author Edith Wharton’s gimlet eye. And the reversal of fortune in the denouement continues to shake readers over a century after it was written. Adapted as a film starring Liam Neeson and Particia Arquette in 1993, Ethan Frome has broken the hearts of generations of readers. The Mint Editions version of Ethan Frome features expressive cover art and contemporary typesetting, making it a fine addition to any bookshelf.

Author : Ali Benjamin
Publisher : Random House
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593229668

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The Smash-Up by Ali Benjamin Pdf

Smart, sublime, and wickedly clever, The Smash-Up captures—then transcends—our current polarized moment “An exhilarating ride . . . hilarious . . . a modern and energetic story about a marriage on the skids.”—The New York Times Ethan has always been one of the good guys, and for years, nobody has appreciated this fact more than his wife, Zo. Until now. Jolted into activism by the 2016 election, Zo’s transformed their home into the headquarters for the local resistance, turning their comfortable decades-long marriage inside-out. Meanwhile, their boisterous daughter, Alex, grows wilder by the day. Ethan’s former business partner needs help saving the media company they’d co-founded. Financial disaster looms. Enter a breezy, blue-haired millennial making her way through the gig economy. Suddenly Ethan faces a choice unlike any he’s ever had to make. Unfolding over fivet urbulent days in 2018, The Smash-Up wrestles shrewdly with some of the biggest questions of our time: What, exactly, does it mean to be a good guy? What will it take for men to break the “bro code”? How does the world respond when a woman demands more? Can we ever understand another's experiences… and what are the consequences of failing to try? Moving, funny, and cathartic, this portrait of a marriage—and a nation—under strain is, ultimately, a magic trick of empathy, one that will make you laugh and squirm until its final, breathless pages.

Author : Edith Wharton
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781447480525

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The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton by Edith Wharton Pdf

This haunting anthology is an enthralling collection of chilling tales infused with Edith Wharton's masterful exploration of human psychology and the hidden recesses of the human heart. As a keen observer of human nature, Wharton weaves her ghostly tales with remarkable subtlety and psychological depth. Her ghosts are not mere apparitions but poignant manifestations of guilt, regret, and unrequited desires. Through her elegant prose and sharp wit, Wharton delves into the darkest corners of the human psyche, exploring themes of forbidden passions, societal constraints, and the persistent power of the past. Each setting serves as the backdrop for chilling encounters with the spectral realm. The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton is a testament to Wharton's versatility as a writer. The first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, she imbues her tales with atmospheric tension, challenging the reader to question what lies beyond our mortal existence.

Author : Lucie Whitehouse
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009-08-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781408806388

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The House at Midnight by Lucie Whitehouse Pdf

An atmospheric, menacing tale of secrets and suspense, set in a seemingly idyllic Cotswolds manor house 'Deliciously sinister' Daily Mail 'Murder and mayhem will keep you turning the pages long past midnight. If you liked The Secret History, you'll love this' Harper's Bazaar 'Gripping and tense, with an atmosphere which holds you in thrall' Susan Hill, author of The Woman in Black From the beginning, the house changed everything... Lucas. Joanna. Martha. Michael. Danny. Rachel. Best friends since college, they are brought together at beautiful Stoneborough Manor when Lucas inherits it following the suicide of his beloved uncle. But over the course of a hot, decadent summer, what begins as an idyllic retreat from the pressures of adult life is transformed into a place where secrets are revealed, sexual tensions escalate and friendships and sanity unravel – beyond repair.

Author : Edith Wharton
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781590174364

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The New York Stories of Edith Wharton by Edith Wharton Pdf

These 20 short stories and novellas offer an exquisite portrait of Old New York, spanning from the Civil War through the Gilded Age (New York Times). “Edith Wharton . . . remains one of the most potent names in the literature of New York.” —New York Times Edith Wharton wrote about New York as only a native can. Her Manhattan is a city of well-appointed drawing rooms, hansoms and broughams, all-night cotillions, and resplendent Fifth Avenue flats. Bishops’ nieces mingle with bachelor industrialists; respectable wives turn into excellent mistresses. All are governed by a code of behavior as rigid as it is precarious. What fascinates Wharton are the points of weakness in the structure of Old New York: the artists and writers at its fringes, the free-love advocates testing its limits, widows and divorcées struggling to hold their own. The New York Stories of Edith Wharton gathers twenty stories of the city, written over the course of Wharton’s career. From her first published story, “Mrs. Manstey’s View,” to one of her last and most celebrated, “Roman Fever,” this new collection charts the growth of an American master and enriches our understanding of the central themes of her work, among them the meaning of marriage, the struggle for artistic integrity, the bonds between parent and child, and the plight of the aged. Illuminated by Roxana Robinson’s introduction, these stories showcase Wharton’s astonishing insight into the turbulent inner lives of the men and women caught up in a rapidly changing society.

Author : Edith Wharton,Joseph Henry Patrick Brown,Thomas Brassey
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473395459

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The Touchstone by Edith Wharton,Joseph Henry Patrick Brown,Thomas Brassey Pdf

This book contains Edith Wharton's first novella and the second book she ever wrote, 'The Touchstone'. This narrative follows Stephen Glennard, a young man whose destitution leads him into a dubious money-making scheme which he embarks on so that he can afford to marry the woman he loves. After seeing an advertisement seeking any papers or correspondences related to a recently deceased author that he had been in communication with, he snaps up the opportunity. A tale of how social strata, money, and self-deprecation can impact love, 'The Touchstone' is well worth a read and is not to be missed by fans and collectors of Wharton's prolific work. This classic text has been chosen for its immense literary value, and we are proud to republish it here, complete with a new introductory biography of the author. Edith Wharton was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer.

Author : Edith Wharton
Publisher : Digireads.Com
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1420945610

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Ethan Frome and Selected Stories by Edith Wharton Pdf

Contains the story of Ethan Frome, a New England farmer who is married to a hypochondriac, but is in love with his wife's lively cousin, Mattie; and includes four additional short stories by Edith Wharton.