【美国人物志】伊迪丝·华顿 (7/9)

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伊迪丝·华顿（Edith Wharton, 1862年1月24日－1937年8月11日），美国女作家。作品有《高尚的嗜好》、《纯真年代》、《四月里的阵雨》、《马恩河》、《战地英雄》等书。
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"Ethan Frome,"
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This is the situation in one of Wharton's most popular books, "Ethan Frome," published in 1911. Unlike her other novels, it is set on a farm in the northeastern state of Massachusetts. It is the story of a man and woman whose lives are controlled, and finally destroyed, by custom. They are the victims of society. They die honorably instead of fighting back. If they were to reject custom, however, they would not be the people they are. And they would not mean as much to each other. In 1913, Wharton's marriage ended. It was the same year that she published another novel that was highly praised, "The Custom of the Country." In it she discusses the effects of new wealth in the late 19th Century on a beautiful young woman.