Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
Written with economy yet great psychological insight, Ethan Frome (1911) is a minor masterpiece. Proceeding from its first page with tragic inevitability, Wharton shows deep sympathy for the struggles of the poor in her thorough descriptions of opportunities deprived of the titular Frome (and via coincidence and prescience, offers a portrayal applicable to the U.S. health care crisis). Wharton respectfully conveys Frome’s inarticulate love for Mattie but crafts a cruel ending that devastates in how it reveals the sad behaviors implied in the characters’ natures all along.
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