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Ethan Frome

Name: Ethan Frome
Author: Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton

Ethan Frome is a 1911 book by American author Edith Wharton. It is set in the fictitious town of Starkfield, Massachusetts. The novel was adapted into a film, Ethan Frome, in 1993.

“She had taken everything else from him, and now she meant to take the one thing that made up for it all.”

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“I want to put my hand out and touch you. I want to do for you and care for you. I want to be there when you're sick and when you're lonesome.”

Edith Wharton book Ethan Frome

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“They seemed to come suddenly upon happiness as if they had surprised a butterfly in the winter woods.”

Edith Wharton book Ethan Frome

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