Ethan Frome by Edith Warton (1991, Trade Paperback
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Ethan Frome by Edith Warton (1991, Trade Paperback. Ethan starts falling for Mattie! Ethan’s sense of responsibility to his wife. Frozen by his tragic past. But a horrendous turn impends. Just to join each other forever in death! Desperate, both plan a final sled ride down the hill(sledding). It is a plaintive story of a poor farmer, Ethan Frome, a man with thwarted desires and meagre resources. His entire life (past, present and future) is allegorical of hardship, austerity and distress!I was expecting it to be focused around passion (as from the blurbs), but I found it to be everything else but passion. Maybe had I read it a few years ago, then I might have exultantly and emotionally rated it high, but a mindset smacked with experiences, derives loopholes, and studies books with a different lens!The synopsis - A poor farmer ( Ethan Frome ) of meagre resources, Of bleak and stiffened appearance, Frozen by his tragic past, Imprisoned in a forever mortal silence, Having accumulated the cold, of many Starkfield winters! Living in a mute melancholy, Having lost his parents, Expecting a brief reprieve post marriage with Zeena , But both fall into a forever ghastly silence, No love, no communication, Just doctoring his sickly wife! The birds start twittering, and love is foretold, When pretty, sensitive, natural beauty, Zeena’s cousin, Mattie , joins the family, To help her! Ethan starts falling for Mattie! Zeena forces upon a smothering silence on her too! A day comes by, when the 2 are alone, Savoring every moment. Zeena returns back home, with a medical report full of complications, The wife confronts the two, Catching them red-handed, basking in a pleasure perverse! Ethan’s sense of responsibility to his wife, outweighs his love for Mattie, So drives Mattie to the station, to bid her adieu. A change of heart occurs, When the 2 take a detour, both reminisce about the fleeting moments of happiness shared, Desperate, both plan a final sled ride down the hill(sledding), Just to join each other forever in death! But a horrendous turn impends, Their plan is impeded, and Both are left brutally injured, Zeena, changes her mind/outlook post the accident, Accepts Mattie in the household, Story fast-forwards 20 years, With the two slovenly women, Huddled together in cold,
