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Ethan frome book cover5/11/2023 ![]() The man tells us that he learned something that night which allowed him to imagine Ethan's story. In the hall the man hears a woman talking angrily, on and on. One night when the weather is particularly bad, Ethan invites the man to stay at his house. ![]() When Ethan begins giving him occasional rides to the train station, the two men strike up a friendship. ![]() The man becomes fascinated with Ethan and wants to know his story. Ethan is a man in his early fifties who is obviously strong, and obviously crippled. A nameless engineer is in Starkfield, Massachusetts on business and he first sees Ethan Frome at the post office. Edith Wharton wrote Ethan Frome as a frame story - meaning that the prologue and epilogue constitute a "frame" around the main story ![]()
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