Edith Wharton claims in her introduction to her novel Ethan Frome that she wanted to write about the rural New England that she saw, not the one frequently written about. ... What the reader finds in Ethan Frome is a tragic picture of life woven together through Edith Wharton’s intricate use of point of view, setting, and character development. ... Therefore, the narrator has a limited point of view as a visitor unfamiliar with Starkfield and Ethan Frome. ... Wharton admits to the distance between herself, the reader, and the story and world of Ethan Frome. ... The action of Ethan Frome unfolds in the wintertime in fictional Starkfield, Massachusetts, and the surrounding area--primarily on Ethan Fromes farm and the area near Starkfields church. ... Zenobia Frome is Ethans sickly, hypochondriac wife. ... All is stable at the Frome farm; there is no longer any way for Zeena to lose control of the situation.
Upon reading Ethan Frome one cannot help but learn how a framed narrative told from an unbiased first-person narrator can help weave together the literary threads of suspense.
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