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Summary: A very touching novell, very dramatic.
Review: I found this book to be one of the most interesting books that a teacher demonstrated as a touching and dramatic novell. You can't help but show love for Ethan. Years have passed since I read this book and still I would consider it my favorite. It has made me love the name of Ethan, as a matter of fact I have introduced my children to the book and we watched the movie on T.V. and now I have a grandson named Ethan. I am purchasing this book so our Ethan can see where the idea for his name came from. He is also a very loving and caring person.
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Summary: Be Careful of What You Wish For
Review: Obviously, high-school aged people who are "forced" into reading this will find it boring and long-winded. What a shame; I hope you all have good teachers who can teach this wonderful book in a way to make it vivid and real for you. Wharton is a rare writer who can take a simple winter's day and turn it into a finely-wrought canvas. The story of Ethan Frome itself is very interesting and I myself read the book from cover to cover in one sitting. The ending is a surprise, and brings to mind the old adage: Be careful of what you wish for. You might get it.Perhaps because this book is almost ninety years old and doesn't have a splashy, gory cover or jacket blurbs from modern hacks, it appears to young people as boring. Again : what a shame. You don't know what you're missing.
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Summary: I loved it from the beginning
Review: I don't understand how anyone could have thought that this book was boring. From the minute I picked it up I could not put it down. I too had to read this for English class, but I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of it. I especially enjoyed the ending. It came as a complete surprise. So if you have not read "Eathen Frome" I would definatley recomend it!
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Summary: I loved this book
Review: This was a really sweet love story. It was very good literature because you could really feel for Ethan. I had to read it for school and i would definetely recommend it if you haven't read it!
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Summary: Still touches the heart today.
Review: I couldn't agree more with Niklaas's comments. This story is so well written because you are consumed with Ethan's struggle between living up to what is "socially acceptable" and choosing to follow his own heart. Even in today's society there are huge pressures and we all must make the same choices Ethan makes. If we attempt to escape by other means as Ethan and Mattie did, we ultimately die to ourselves. The fact that I am still obsessed with these characters, that I can't get them out of my mind is another indication of how well-written the story is.
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Summary: How BORING!
Review: This book was so detailed - i don't know how someone could drag out a 48 hour period of time into 9 chapters. Very detailed and drawn out. If you dont have to read it don't.
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Summary: Awful Literature
Review: I'd give this book 0 stars if possible, it was a horrendous read, a truly awful book that is forced upon high schoolers everywhere.
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Summary: A true modern tragedy!
Review: Many people read this in school, which is a shame if it isn't taught right. Those who don't appreciate the novel, don't understand how compelling love can be. Ethan is a man caught between two world - one where he is trapped by duty and obligation, and another where he is led by love and desire. He is a man who is torn. His tragedy is his inability to choose. This novel teaches us all that in our struggle to choose between duties and desires, the only true failure is the one where one attempts to escape the choice. This work is easily read in a couple of hours and is rich in its understanding of human nature. I feel sorry for those who write it off without fully attempting to understand its complexity.
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Summary: Just plain awful
Review: I was required to read this book in an English class, almost back-to-back with the Crucible and the Scarlet Letter. Depressing reading about repressed people -- run if you can!
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Summary: it was boring but interesting
Review: Ethan Frome is not an exciting or thrilling novel, but it was interesting. It was an interesting book because the author would often add in new informations to the story of Ethan's life that the readers would not have expected. The author goes into great details to explain what it is like for Ethan to live with both Zeena and Mattie. The details make the readers to really imagine what is going on in the novel. The imagination causes the novel to be more realistic in a sense that people can relate to the problems Ethan has in his life. He's problem started after his mother died and when Mattie came to help, which led to his problem his love life, which everybody can relate to. The book was also interesting because the way the author wrote the novel. The author made us think about why Zeena, Mattie, and Ethan end up doing what they did. In order to understand the chapters, the readers had to analyze it thoroughly. This novel was also boring because there was no excitment in the plot. The only thing that made the book less boring was when Mattie and Ethan was considering to attempt a suicide and also when they do actually crash into palm tree. That was the only thrill in the novel.
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