Ethan Frome

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…with communicating, and so on, and it is easily understandable that all those things represent a huge pressure on Mattie and the Fromes, particularly on Ethan in his relation with Mattie. It would now be interesting to find out how he manages to bear all these pressures without falling terribly ill or committing suicide again. Maybe the rich fantasy life in which Ethan lives is the only thing that allows him to survive at all...