Ethan Frome
Detail and Figurative Language Illustrate Differences in Characterization “In a day when women were to look at and nothing more, they weren’t intelligent, they were fashionable, Edith stood alone” (Ovard, 1). Edith Wharton was born on January 24, 1862 into a tightly controlled, New York society that positively discouraged women from achieving anything beyond a proper marriage. Her role as a daughter of an aristocratic New York family was to learn the mannerisms and rituals expected of well-bred young women in those days. Edith would eventually rebel against this role. As a child she was schooled at home, and she had the privilege of using her father’s extensive library. Therefore, she began to read at an early age and made up stories which she acted out for her nanny. Later, she would publish her first nonfiction book, The Decoration of Houses. Edith marries in 1885 and later discovers her husband taking money from her. She divorces Teddy in 1912 and never marries again. Instead, she devotes her time to traveling, helping refugees from World War I, and writing. Edith Wharton became one of America’s most prolific and celebrated writers, producing more than forty books, including
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Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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