Ethan Frome - Reflection

I believe that the novel Ethan Frome, by Edith Wharton is considered to be a classic because of the tragic story line. I think that this book provokes readers to think, because there is that "what if..." factor. Ethan and Mattie's secret love is also cause for the book to be classified as a classic, readers love a good scandal. Edith Wharton was also very discriptive as a writer, and even though I thought the dialogue to be somewhat poorly written, she did an excellant job describing the bleak and dull surroundings of Starkfield as well as the beauty of the snow covered winter countryside. Edith Wharton was also very descriptive of the charachters in her story, and as a reader I felt like I got to know them. Also I believe that (unfortunatly) alot of people could quite possibly relate to this book. Ethan was extremely unhappy at home and his life was very repetative. I feel like some people could relate to the way he felt, and this could have made the story more appealing to readers. I think that the story line of Ethan Frome is unique, and the end kind of has a twist to it. Readers would want to read Ethan Frome because of the unique plot and they would recommend it other people because of the ending which has a bitter twist. The story of Ethan Frome continues to be a remembered classic because of the tragic story line, the passionate love of Mattie and Ethan, the descriptive way in which the story was written, the well developed charachters, the unique plot, and the plot twist at the end of the story.