Ethan Frome by Edith Warton

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…representing the feel of their setting. When producing the novella, Edith Warton had a purpose to everything, the small town winter setting was suppose to give the characters a feel of isolation. Due to this, it effected the relationship of Ethan and Mattie. They never had any privacy, meaning everyone new their business. These events and more eventually escalated up to the point where they tried to take their own lives because they were unhappy.