Project Gutenberg 2012-11-20 Public domain in the USA. 136 Lowndes, Marie Belloc 1868 1947 Lowndes, Marie Adelaide Belloc Belloc-Lowndes, Marie Adelaide Belloc, Marie Adelaide Belloc, M. A. (Marie Adelaide) Studies in Wives Althea's opportunity -- Mr. Jarvice's wife -- A very modern instance -- According to Meredith -- Shameful behaviour? -- The decree made absolute. Produced by Suzanne Shell, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Studies in Wives" by Marie Belloc Lowndes is a novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative begins with Althea Scrope, the young wife of a politician, revealing her complex position within her marriage, marked by emotional distance and social pressures. As the story unfolds, it appears to explore themes of societal expectations, personal dissatisfaction, and the roles women play within the institution of marriage against a backdrop of early 1900s England. The opening of the novel presents Althea as she reflects on her life and relationships, particularly with her husband, Perceval Scrope, and her friendship with Joan Panfillen, a woman ten years older who seems to have more influence in their social circles. Althea’s introspection reveals her feelings of inadequacy and her struggle for identity as she teeters between her youthful idealism and the harsh realities of her marriage. As she prepares for a visit from a friend, she suddenly receives a cryptic call from Joan, urging her to come over immediately, hinting at a deeper, possibly troubling development in their intertwined lives. The tension between Althea and her environment sets the stage for a narrative that promises to delve into the complexities of marital dynamics and female agency. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 75.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Short stories, English Marriage -- Fiction Wives -- Fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 391130 2025-08-16T16:32:54.760231 text/html 373444 2024-10-23T12:20:12 text/html 265289 2025-08-16T16:32:59.539187 application/epub+zip 270955 2025-08-16T16:32:55.432243 application/epub+zip 186795 2025-08-16T16:32:55.097227 application/epub+zip 380380 2025-08-16T16:33:02.706175 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 364125 2025-08-16T16:32:59.069181 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 280206 2022-09-19T03:36:21.200154 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 374605 2025-08-16T16:32:54.263205 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 354670 2024-10-23T12:20:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17194 2025-08-16T16:33:02.847147 application/rdf+xml 10434 2025-08-16T16:32:55.171187 image/jpeg 1743 2025-08-16T16:32:55.135179 image/jpeg 254482 2025-08-16T16:32:54.796215 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia