199: Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

Along with special guest Longinus, P&C review a winter warmer from Flying Dog, then discuss Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome. This is a depressing story of a man who is stuck. He's stuck with a wife he doesn't love. Stuck in a city he doesn't particularly like. Stuck in a profession he didn't choose. When a spark comes into his life in the person of his wife's cousin, Maddie, he starts to dream of a better future. But it doesn't work out. The story is set in a fictional, very cold town. Wear your wool socks when you read this one.