Ethan Frome

Ethan Frome

Edith Wharton

First published 1911Original language EN

7.17.1 / 10
Score out of 10243 ratingsConfidence 62%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
108
Pages
about 2 h
Reading time
Film 1993
On screen

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About the book

Ethan Frome is a 1911 novella by American author Edith Wharton. It details the story of a man who falls in love with his wife's cousin and the tragedies that result from the ensuing love triangle. The novel has been adapted into a film of the same name.

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On screen

This book has been adapted for the screen once.

  • FilmEthan Frome1993dir. John MaddenIMDb

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Where the score comes from

The sources average 6.7 across 243 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 62% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Romance average of 7.6. That is how 7.1 comes out.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Open Library8.042 17%
Hardcover6.4201 83%

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It has 108 pages — shorter than 100% of the ranked books in Romance.

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