This novel was disparaged by Lionel Trilling as lacking in ethical or moral significance, though its author encourages readers to view it as a cautionary tale.
This novel was disparaged by Lionel Trilling as lacking in ethical or moral significance, though its author encourages readers to view it as a cautionary tale. A young woman in this work wearing a cherry-red fascinator is the secret subject of the protagonist's attention when that woman is dancing with Denis Eady, the son of an Irish grocer, who is deemed fit for a horse-whipping. A major turning point in this work is when a cat breaks Aunt Philura's wedding gift, a glass pickle dish, which eventually prompts the ill-fated escape attempt of the title character with Mattie Silver.  Set in snowy Starkfield, Massachusetts, FTP, name this Edith Wharton novella in which the title character is disabled in a sledding accident.
This novel was disparaged by Lionel Trilling as lacking in ethical or moral significance, though its author encourages readers to view it as a cautionary tale.
{Ethan Frome}  [too long!  -SJ]