In this novel, an intimate dinner party is ruined when one character's priz
In this novel, an intimate dinner party is ruined when one character's prized wedding gift, an unused pickle dish, is broken. The unnamed narrator is intrigued about the "ruin of the man" when he first meets the title character at the post office, and later learns more about him from Harmon Gow and Ruth Varnum. The title character cheats on his wife Zeena with Mattie Silver, and ends up paralyzed from a failed suicide attempt. Set in Starkfield, for 10 points, name this novel about a man injured in a tragic sledding accident, written by Edith Wharton.
In this novel, an intimate dinner party is ruined when one character's prized wedding gift, an unused pickle dish, is broken.
Ethan Frome