Ethan Frome
Ethan Frome is the title character of Edith Wharton's 1911 novella, a tragic figure trapped by poverty, duty, and the harsh Massachusetts winter.
The name evokes rural New England suffering and thwarted desire—a man bound to a sickly wife who falls for her young cousin, with catastrophic results.
It's a real Ethan Frome situation suggests being stuck in miserable circumstances with no good options.
- sledRunner-based snow vehicle
- winterYear's coldest quarter
- MattieGiven name, often shortened
- MassachusettsNortheastern colonial state
- tragedyDisastrous or sorrowful event
Edith Wharton · snow · isolation · pickle · dish · elm · tree · crash · smash up · suicide pact · tragic ending · paralysis · Wharton · farmhouse · poverty · longing · unrequited love · forbidden