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Ethan Frome is a 1911 mezzobula (longer than a short story, but shorter than a novel) by Pulitzer Prize winning author, Edith Wharton. - AsNotedIn
I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.If you know Starkfield, Massachusetts, you know the post-office. If you know the post-office you must have seen Ethan Frome drive up to it, drop the reins on his hollow-backed bay and drag himself across the brick pavement to the white colonnade; and you must have asked who he was.
Timeline
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
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| 1885/00/00 | During his boyhood, James Barnes, an editor of Edith Wharton at Appleton and Co, narrowly avoids hitting an ox cart while sledding down Courthouse Hill with Lightning Clifford. The dangerous part is that a 3rd of the hill is not visible from the top. | Church on the Hill | Lenox, MA | ||||
| 1907/00/00 | Edith Wharton | Author | Wharton writes a story for her French tutor to improve her conversational skills. Written in French, the characters include a poor New England farmer named Hart, his wife, Anna, and Anna's niece, Mattie. | Residence de Wharton Vanderbilt | Paris | ||
| 1911/08/00 | Edith Wharton | Author | "Ethan Frome" is serialized in Scribner's Magazine from August to October 1911. They paid $2,500 for the serial rights and gave Edith a $2,000 advance against book royalties. | ||||
| 1911/08/00 | Scribner's Magazine | Publisher | "Ethan Frome" is serialized in Scribner's Magazine from August to October 1911. They paid $2,500 for the serial rights and gave Edith a $2,000 advance against book royalties. | ||||
| 1912/02/00 | Edith Wharton | Author | "Ethan Frome" is published simultaneously in London and New York. | ||||
| 1912/02/00 | Macmillan Publishers | Publisher | "Ethan Frome" is published simultaneously in London and New York. |
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| Particulars for Ethan Frome (book): | |||
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| Art Type | Book | a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers. | |
| Activity | Dance Social | ||
| Narrative Arts | Fiction | prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people | |
| Narrative Arts | Mezzobula | medium form fiction narrative that is longer than a short story, but shorter than a novel | |
| Narrative Arts | Narrative | an account of connected events | |
| Narrative Arts | Prose | ordinary written language | |
| Weather | Snow | atmospheric water vapor frozen into light white crystal flakes | |
| Season | Winter | ||
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| Original Language: | English | ||
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