Ethan Frome. Edith Wharton
Ethan Frome
Год выпуска: 2012
Автор произведения: Edith Wharton
Серия: Level 3
Жанр: Зарубежная образовательная литература
Издательство: Oxford University Press
isbn: 9780194786706
Краткое описание:
A level 3 Oxford Bookworms Library graded readers. Retold for Learners of English by Susan Kingsley. Life is always hard for the poor, in any place and at any time. Ethan Frome is a farmer in Massachusetts. He works long hours every day, but his farm makes very little money. His wife, Zeena, is a thin, grey woman, always complaining, and only interested in her own ill health. Then Mattie Silver, a young cousin, comes to live with the Fromes, to help Zeena and do the housework. Her bright smile and laughing voice bring light and hope into the Fromes’ house – and into Ethan’s lonely life. But poverty is a prison from which few people escape…