{"product_id":"ethan-frome","title":"Ethan Frome","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if the person who brings light into your life is the one you cannot choose?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Starkfield, Massachusetts, winter lasts for months and money is scarce. An unnamed engineer arrives for work and notices Ethan Frome, a lame, grey, silent farmer. His curiosity opens a story of lost hopes, hard duties, and three people living under one roof.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEthan once dreams of studying science. Now his land, his mill, and his sickly wife, Zeena, keep him bound to home. When Zeena’s young cousin Mattie Silver comes to help, she brings warmth into his days. His growing love meets the hard limits of poverty, loyalty, and a household shaped by illness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA house divided\u003c\/strong\u003e – Feel the strain as Ethan’s longing for Mattie presses against his duty to Zeena.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWinter that holds fast\u003c\/strong\u003e – Enter a cold New England landscape that mirrors Ethan’s isolation and narrows his choices.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDreams behind closed doors\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet a farmer whose hopes of science give way to land, work, and responsibility.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA stranger seeking answers\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow the visiting engineer as he gathers hints and imagines the past behind Ethan’s silence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe weight of silence\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore how unspoken longing, scarce money, and familiar duties can hold a life in place.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who love short, tightly built novels with a strong sense of place, and want to discover Edith Wharton beyond wealthy drawing rooms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page and follow the stranger into Starkfield, where Ethan’s silence invites a closer look.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"eBook","offer_id":58289259643228,"sku":"LOA-C214-EB","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":58289259675996,"sku":"LOA-C214-AU","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":58289259708764,"sku":"LOA-C214-PB","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":58289259741532,"sku":"LOA-C214-HC","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/loa-top-00214-en_488b1ab9-0284-4990-b447-17db4a1326dd.jpg?v=1792697437","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/es\/products\/ethan-frome","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}