“This was just the book that I needed to read right now. The foreshadowing is so well done and left me feeling uneasy the whole way through. I did find it intensely bleak, especially with the weather and setting being so imposing, but I found myself racing through it. The writing, the descriptions, are just so precise. My favourite line in the whole story was:
***“****They seemed to come suddenly upon happiness as if they had surprised a butterfly in the winter woods”*
but it’s just so intricate and beautifully written and paced throughout. So much is just under the surface”

For a short story, this has a lot packed in - more so than many longer books. With regret, sorrow and drama it certainly packs a punch - in fact, it’s probably because of it’s brevity that it’s so effective. There’s nary a word wasted.
It’s hard to talk about the ‘Ethan Frome’ without revealing spoilers, so I won’t. I love short stories but I really need to read more Novellas, and will certainly be reading more of Edith Wharton’s work.“

Review taken from the blog,
Bookshelfdiscovery.com

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