Ethan Frome - Edith Wharton - Books - Independently Published - 9798668036295 - October 10, 2020
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Ethan Frome

Book Excerpt: ...his sagging pocket. At intervals, however, the post-master would hand him an envelope addressed to Mrs. Zenobia-or Mrs. Zeena-Frome, and usually bearing conspicuously in the upper left-hand corner the address of some manufacturer of patent medicine and the name of his specific. These documents my neighbour would also pocket without a glance, as if too much used to them to wonder at their number and variety, and would then turn away with a silent nod to the post-master. Every one in Starkfield knew him and gave him a greeting tempered to his own grave mien; but his taciturnity was respected and it was only on rare occasions that one of the older men of the place detained him for a word. When this happened he would listen quietly, his blue eyes on the speaker's face, and answer in so low a tone that his words never reached me; then he would climb stiffly into his buggy, gather up the reins in his left hand and drive slowly away in the direction of his farm."It was a pretty bad smash-up?" I questioned Har...

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released October 10, 2020
ISBN13 9798668036295
Publishers Independently Published
Pages 84
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 5 mm   ·   136 g
Language English  

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