Journal Entry 1 by Flicki from Emden, Niedersachsen Germany on Saturday, September 17, 2005

Haven't read this so far, but hope to get around to it soon. It was a present from a friend of mine. :-) 

Journal Entry 2 by Flicki from Emden, Niedersachsen Germany on Wednesday, February 27, 2008

I finally finished this one after relaying it on bookobsessed.com. :o) The book was quite interesting and very sad in the end. I always thought that starting something with a flat-mate was a bad idea, though... ;-)

Here's the cover text:

'As a departure from Edith Wharton's customary novels of urbane New York life, Ethan Frome takes the reader to rural Massachusetts and the small, closed community of Starkfield.

At fifty-two, Ethan Frome is a broken man who, in the words of the narrator, already looks 'as if he was dead and in hell'. His tragic tale began many years earlier when he was struggling to run an unproductive farm and overcome the despair of living with his suspicious, hypochondriac wife, Zeena.

Into their home came Mattie Silver, a vibrant young woman who comes to represent all the joy and spirit that is lacing in Ethan's own life. As love grows between them, Mattie and Ethan embark on a desperate quest to find a way they can be together forever.

Spare, passionate nd immensely moving, Ethan Frome may be Edith Wharton's most enduring and widely read novel.' 

Journal Entry 3 by nvangel2073 from Moab, Utah USA on Wednesday, April 23, 2008

thank you very much for this book 

Journal Entry 4 by nvangel2073 from Moab, Utah USA on Wednesday, September 17, 2008

I really didn't like this book.

Finished reading 9-16-08