On a poor farm near Starkfield in western Massachusetts, Ethan Frome struggles to wrest a living from the land, unassisted by his whining and hypochondriacal wife Zeena. When Zeena's young cousin Mattie Silver is left destitute, the only place she can go is Ethan's farm. The novel has remained enduringly popular since its first publication in 1911 and is considered Wharton's greatest tragic story. 128pp. Paperback.