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Limb & Spinal Minor 
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Set in 19th
Century New England. |
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The
character Ethan Frome is a "cripple" and lives as an |
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outcast. He
limps, has a bad arm and walks hunched over. |
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When a new
pastor comes to the town he takes pity on Ethan |
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and learns
from him what led to his present state. In |
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flashback we
see how Ethan marries the hypochondriac |
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Zeena. A
cousin Mattie is brought in to help the sickly Zeena. |
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In a
loveless marriage Ethan is attracted to her and she to |
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him. They
hold off but eventually succumb to temptation. |
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Shortly
afterwards Ethan has an accident (I think it is a |
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sledding
accident) which leaves him as we first saw him. |
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The novella
was written in 1911 but the morality is firmly set in |
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From the
novella by Edith Wharton |
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