I just finished Ethan Frome this very moment and I am so mad at Ethan that I could spit -- talk about someone who needs to grow a pair!
If he hadn't just accepted, unquestioningly, the constricts and demands of his life (and his wife), he could have done what he wanted, whether it be studying or running off with Mattie. For that matter, if he had been less colorless, maybe Zeena would have been a better wife.
I love and hate this book. The writing is spare and crisp, the story is compelling - that, I love. But the women are (unflatteringly) stereotyped - that I hate.
I would love to read this same story told from Zeena's point of view, and from Mattie's
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