{"product_id":"9781101219522","title":"Ethan Frome","description":"Ethan Frome is a novel published in 1911 by the Pulitzer Prize-winning American author Edith Wharton. It is set in the fictitious town of Starkfield, Massachusetts. An unnamed narrator tells the story of his encounter with Ethan Frome, a man with dreams and desires that end in an ironic turn of events. The narrator tells the story based on an account from observations at Frome's house when he had to stay there during a winter storm. Ethan’s character is one that comes full circle, moving from silent desire to action to quiet submission, ordered by life’s circumstances. The novel is all the more remarkable for its forbidden impressions of the rural working class in New England, especially given that its author was a woman of leisure. The name of the small Massachusetts town represents a bleak, cold and dismal environment. Ethan Frome makes ample use of symbolism as a literary device.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47106120548592,"sku":"9781101219522","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101219522_p0.jpg?v=1763686965","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101219522","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}