Ethan Frome is a novel published in 1911

1911 in literature

The year 1911 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*George Moore publishes the first of his three-volume Hail and Farewell .*Gallimard publishing house founded in Paris by Gaston Gallimard...

 by the Pulitzer Prize-winning American

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 author Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton , was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer.- Early life and marriage:...

. It is set in the fictitious town of Starkfield, Massachusetts

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, New England

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, United States

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. The novel was adapted into a film Ethan Frome

Ethan Frome (film)

Ethan Frome is a 1993 British-American drama film directed by John Madden and starring Liam Neeson, Patricia Arquette and Tate Donovan. It was an adaptation of the novel Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton.-Partial cast:* Liam Neeson - Ethan Frome...

in 1993.
Ethan Frome is set in a fictional New England town named Starkfield, where an unnamed narrator tells the story of his encounter with Ethan Frome, a man with dreams and desires that end in an ironic

Irony

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 turn of events.