| Details | Published in 1911 by Edith Wharton, Ethan Frome tells a story of intense love and the yearning for a better life amid the harsh landscape and restrictive social mores of rural Starkfield, Massachusetts. Joseph Luzzi, a professor of literature at Bard College, explores the gorgeous prose, sophisticated narrative techniques, and probing social analysis of Wharton’s novel, which offers illuminating insights on issues of gender, notions of class, and representations of desire and sexuality. |
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