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Feb 2018
52m 17s

Ethan Frome

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Ben and Gemma discuss the bleakest book you ever had to read in high school, Edith Wharton's ETHAN FROME. Is it too sad? Is it as sad as life itself is supposed to be? Ben loves it, Gemma is exhausted by it, and both declare they probably don't need to go sledding any time soon. 
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