Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton ~ Full Audiobook [tragedy]

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton audiobook.

Genre: tragedy

In a stark New England town locked in winter for much of the year, Ethan Frome lives a narrowed life of duty and quiet desperation. Once a young man with ambitions beyond the hills of Starkfield, Ethan now struggles to keep a failing farm and a small sawmill going while caring for his sickly, controlling wife, Zeena. When Zeena's cousin, Mattie Silver, comes to stay as a hired companion, her warmth and simple liveliness bring light into the Frome household-and into Ethan's imagination of a different future. But Starkfield is a place where money is scarce, gossip is close, and obligation grips hard. As Ethan grows increasingly attached to Mattie, he is forced to measure desire against responsibility, and hope against the grim arithmetic of survival. Edith Wharton builds a tense, intimate portrait of a man caught between moral constraint and longing, where even small choices carry enormous weight. With icy landscapes mirroring emotional isolation, the novel explores poverty, loneliness, and the quiet tragedies that unfold when love arrives too late and freedom costs more than a person can pay.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:31:58) Chapter 01

(00:52:53) Chapter 02

(01:13:50) Chapter 03

(01:27:36) Chapter 04

(01:56:42) Chapter 05

(02:10:24) Chapter 06

(02:21:32) Chapter 07

(02:50:31) Chapter 08

(03:10:31) Chapter 09

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