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Ethan Frome

American  
[frohm] / froʊm /

noun

  1. a novel (1911) by Edith Wharton.


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He’s been studying novellas, among them Edith Wharton’s Ethan Frome, as shorter fiction becomes more appealing.

From The Guardian • Jul. 20, 2019

The 2010-2011 season for Lookingglass included productions of "Peter Pan," "Ethan Frome" and "The Last Act of Lilka Kadison."

From Seattle Times • May 3, 2011

Looking to stoke interest in its upcoming stage adaptation of "Ethan Frome," Lookingglass Theater screens the 1993 film Saturday and Sunday at the company's Water Tower Water Works location.

From Chicago Tribune • Feb. 10, 2011

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton Wharton's story is told by a nameless young man, who has been sent by his employers to the small town of Starkfield in wintry New England.

From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2010

There was the Bible, of course, but the Bible was a book, and so were Bleak House, Treasure Island, Ethan Frome and The East of the Mohicans.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

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