The Custom of the Country

Ethan Frome, a poor, downtrodden New England farmer, is trapped in a loveless marriage to his invalid wife, Zeena. His ambition and intelligence are oppressed by Zeena's cold, conniving character. When Zeena's young cousin Mattie arrives to help car...

Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist Edith Wharton was most well known for her novels that illuminated privileged life in the 19th century, such as The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth. In addition to her award-winning novels, she also wr...

To step on board a steamer in a Spanish port, and three hours later to land in a country without a guidebook, is a sensation to rouse the hunger of the repletest sightseer. The sensation is attainable by any one who will take the trouble to row out ...

Penned in 1899 by Edith Wharton, this short story features the proper Mrs. Carstyle, her husband Mr. Carstyle, and their daughter Irene who are all are taken with their guest and an eligible bachelor named Vibart. Narrator John Chancer is a film and...

The classic novel of despair, forbidden emotions, and sexual undercurrents set against the austere New England countryside.Ethan Frome works his unproductive farm and struggles to maintain a bearable existence with his difficult, suspicious, and hyp...

Everyone would spare a moment of kindness for a stranger when they were in trouble... wouldn't they?Supermarket delivery driver Charlie enjoys his new job, because he doesn't have to spend too long with people, who, he's found, are nothing but trou...

From the incomparable New York Times and New Yorker illustrator Tamara Shopsin, a debut novel about a NYC printer repair technician who comes of age alongside the Apple computer. Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2021 by Lit Hub LaserWriter II is a...

Della Ralston is hosting her cousin Charlotte when she finds out a surprising fact – Charlotte is the mother of Tina, a young girl living at a nearby orphanage. Charlotte has kept the child a secret for many years, and is set to be married to ...

A young man struggles to rise above the intellectual and spiritual impoverishment of a small New England community through his forbidden love for his cousin Mattie Silver.