Life is always hard for the poor, in any place and at any time. EthanFrome is a farmer in Massachusetts. He works long hours every day, but his farm makes very little money. His wife, Zeena, is a thin, greywoman, always complaining, and only interested in her own ill health.Then Mattie Silver, a young cousin, comes to live with the Fromes, tohelp Zeena and do the housework. Her bright smile and laughing voicebring light and hope into the Fromes' house - and into Ethan's lonelylife. But poverty is a prison from which few people escape . . .
Life is always hard for the poor, in any place and at any time. EthanFrome is a farmer in Massachusetts. He works long hours every day, but his farm makes very little money. His wife, Zeena, is a thin, greywoman, always complaining, and only interested in her own ill health.Then Mattie Silver, a young cousin, comes to live with the Fromes, tohelp Zeena and do the housework. Her bright smile and laughing voicebring light and hope into the Fromes´ house - and into Ethan´s lonelylife. But poverty is a prison from which few people escape . . .
