Ethan Frome - Edith Wharton
| Автор: | Edith Wharton |
| Издательство: | Oxford University Press |
| Серия: | Level 3 |
| Жанр произведения: | Зарубежная образовательная литература |
| Год издания: | 2012 |
| isbn: | 9780194786706 |
A level 3 Oxford Bookworms Library graded readers. Retold for Learners of English by Susan Kingsley. Life is always hard for the poor, in any place and at any time. Ethan Frome is a farmer in Massachusetts. He works long hours every day, but his farm makes very little money. His wife, Zeena, is a thin, grey woman, always complaining, and only interested in her own ill health. Then Mattie Silver, a young cousin, comes to live with the Fromes, to help Zeena and do the housework. Her bright smile and laughing voice bring light and hope into the Fromes’ house – and into Ethan’s lonely life. But poverty is a prison from which few people escape…