{"product_id":"2940015336993","title":"Ethan Frome","description":"The first chapter opens with an unnamed narrator who, while spending a winter in Starkfield, sets out to learn about the life of a mysterious local figure named Ethan Frome, a man who had been injured in a horrific accident twenty-four years before. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe narrator fails to get many details from the townspeople. However, the narrator hires Frome as his driver for a week. A severe snowstorm forces Frome to take the narrator to his home one night for shelter. Just as the two are entering Frome's house, the first chapter ends. The second chapter flashes back fourteen years; the narration switches from the first-person narrator of the first chapter to an omniscient third-person narrator. Ethan is waiting outside a church dance for Mattie, his wife’s cousin, who lives with Ethan and his wife Zeena (Zenobia) to help around the house since Zeena is sickly. Mattie is given the occasional night off to entertain herself in town as partial recompense for taking care of the Frome family without pay, and Ethan has fallen into the habit of walking her home. It is made clear that Ethan has deep feelings for Mattie, and it is equally clear that Zeena suspects these feelings and does not approve.","brand":"Smashbooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070989353200,"sku":"2940015336993","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940015336993_p0.jpg?v=1763620196","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015336993","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}