The author's introduction to this work introduces the term "granite outcroppings" as both a metaphor for its characters and a description of their home, Starkfield.
The author's introduction to this work introduces the term "granite outcroppings" as both a metaphor for its characters and a description of their home, Starkfield. The nameless narrator hears parts of the tale from Harmon Gow and Mrs. Ned Hale, and learns the rest when he is snowed in at the title character's home. A pivotal scene occurs when the cat, Puss, knocks a treasured pickle-dish off the dinner table and shatters it. The title character's hopeless love for Mattie Silver leads to an attempted double suicide involving an elm tree and a sled. FTP, name this Edith Wharton novella.
The author's introduction to this work introduces the term "granite outcroppings" as both a metaphor for its characters and a description of their home, Starkfield.
{Ethan Frome}