Wharton, Edith

A poor farmers, Ethan finds himself stuck in a miserable marriage to Zeenie, a sickly, tyrannical woman, until he falls in love with her visiting cousin, the vivacious Mattie Silver. As Mattie is forced to leave his household, Frome steals one last afternoon with her -- one that culminates in a ruinous sled ride with unspeakably tragic results.

Presents a selection of writing by nineteenth-century American author Edith Wharton, including short stories, essays, letters, excerpts from "The House of Mirth, "The Reef, " and "The Age of Innocence, " and the complete novel "Summer.".

Contains the story of Ethan Frome, a New England farmer who is married to a hypochondriac, but in love with his wife's lively cousin, Mattie.

Susy and Nick Lansing, a couple with good social connections but no money, find themselves living way beyond their means as they try to gain acceptance.

Contains four novels by Edith Wharton, including "The House of Mirth" in which an orphaned child prepares a campaign to marry for money; "Ethan Frome" in which a farmer is married to a hypochondriac; "The Custom of the Country" about social climber Undine Spragg; and "The Age of Innocence" which portrays New York society in the 1870s.

Presents Edith Wharton's early twentieth-century novel in which she portrays New York in the 1870s as a society in which money counts for less than manners and morals, and includes contextual materials, as well as critical commentary and analysis.

The tragic story of Ethan Frome, a New England farmer married to a hypochondriac and in love with his wife's lively cousin, Mattie.

New York socialite Newland Archer has found his perfect match in sweet-tempered and stable May Archer, his fiance, yet finds himself drawn to Countess Elena Olenska, a socially ostracized divorcee.