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Wharton wrote Ethan Frome as a frame story—meaning that the prologue and epilogue constitute a “frame” around the main story. The “frame” is The Narrator’s vision of the tragedy that befalls Ethan Frome. The frame story takes place nearly twenty years after the events of the main story and is written in first person, revealing the thoughts and feelings of The Narrator.... More

About the Author
  Personal Background
  Education and Early Work
  Married Life
  The French Years
  Career Highlights
About the Novel
  A Brief Synopsis
Summaries and Commentaries
  Prologue
  Chapters 1–2
  Chapters 3–5
  Chapters 6–7
  Chapters 8–9
  Epilogue
 

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