One character in this novel wears a ribbon in her hair as a "tribute to the unusual." It ends with the narrator contemplating a story told by his landlady, Mrs. Hale. The protagonist gets jealous when Denis Eady dances with his love interest, and tries to borrow money from a lumber seller to elope, but decides not to do so after Mrs. Andrew Hale praises him for taking care of his wife Zeena. The title character breaks a pickle dish and loves Mattie Silver, with whom he gets in a sledding accident. For 10 points, name this novel by Edith Wharton
One character in this novel wears a ribbon in her hair as a "tribute to the unusual." It ends with the narrator contemplating a story told by his landlady, Mrs. Hale. The protagonist gets jealous when Denis Eady dances with his love interest, and tries to borrow money from a lumber seller to elope, but decides not to do so after Mrs. Andrew Hale praises him for taking care of his wife Zeena. The title character breaks a pickle dish and loves Mattie Silver, with whom he gets in a sledding accident. For 10 points, name this novel by Edith Wharton.
One character in this novel wears a ribbon in her hair as a "tribute to the unusual.
Ethan Frome