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| Character | Description |
|---|---|
| Ethan Frome | Ethan Frome is a troubled farmer more concerned with morality than his own happiness. Read More |
| Zeena | Zenobia "Zeena" Frome is a sickly and shrewish woman who torments her husband and cousin. Read More |
| Mattie | Mattie Silver is the beautiful, youthful relative who comes to care for Zeena and causes a crisis of conscience for Ethan. Read More |
| Denis Eady | Denis Eady is the son of a wealthy shop owner, and he is interested in dating Mattie. |
| Harmon Gow | Harmon Gow is a stagecoach driver in Starkfield who gossips with the narrator about Ethan's past. |
| Mr. Hale | Mr. Hale is one of Ethan's customers, about whom he lies to Zeena, saying Hale will give him a $50 cash advance. |
| Mrs. Hale | Mrs. Hale is the wife of one of Ethan's customers, whose kind words about Ethan's suffering dissuade him from eloping with Mattie. |
| Ned Hale | Ned Hale is Ruth Varnum's fiancé. |
| Narrator | The narrator is an engineer who is spending time in Starkfield on business and becomes interested in Ethan's story. |
| Jotham Powell | Jotham Powell is Ethan's hired man who often acts as a chauffeur. |
| Ruth Varnum | Ruth Varnum is one of Mattie's closest friends and later, a source of local gossip for the narrator. Her married name is Mrs. Ned Hale. |
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