Project Gutenberg 2015-02-06 Public domain in the USA. 107 Wilcox, Ella Wheeler 1850 1919 Wheeler, Ella Six Bad Husbands and Six Unhappy Wives 6 Bad Husbands and 6 Unhappy Wives Produced by Chris Whitehead, Demian Katz and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University (http://digital.library.villanova.edu/)) "Six Bad Husbands and Six Unhappy Wives" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox is a collection of character sketches that delves into the complexities of marital relationships, written during the early 20th century. The book examines the themes of love, responsibility, and interpersonal dynamics within six unhappy marriages, each illustrating unique reasons for the dissolution of love and partnership. The likely topic centers on the consequences of personal behavior and societal expectations in the context of marriage. In this work, Wilcox presents six distinct couples, highlighting the characteristics of the husbands that lead to their bad behavior and the resulting unhappiness of their wives. Each vignette outlines how various factors, such as jealousy, discontent, and communication breakdowns, contribute to the unraveling of the marriages. The narrative reveals the intricacies of each relationship—from the ambitious but condescending partner who loses respect for his hardworking wife to the self-absorbed woman whose spiritual aspirations alienate her loving husband. Through these portrayals, the book serves as both a critique of individual flaws and an exploration into how such traits can drive a wedge between partners, ultimately leading to divorce and societal judgment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 69.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Marriage Women -- Conduct of life Husband and wife HQ PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Parenthood & Family Relations Browsing: Sociology Category: Novels Category: British Literature 74896 2025-06-19T11:19:29.708600 text/html 52777 2024-10-24T16:58:00 text/html 111087 2025-06-19T11:19:32.403590 application/epub+zip 109947 2025-06-19T11:19:30.296598 application/epub+zip 78365 2025-06-19T11:19:29.990591 application/epub+zip 152177 2025-06-19T11:19:34.176644 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 136338 2025-06-19T11:19:32.040680 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 105069 2022-09-21T20:07:13.580908 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 59606 2023-09-21T04:32:30.902170 text/plain 39732 2024-10-24T16:58:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16679 2025-06-19T11:19:34.333614 application/rdf+xml 12416 2025-06-19T11:19:30.064597 image/jpeg 2138 2025-06-19T11:19:30.028630 image/jpeg 93839 2025-06-19T11:19:29.722636 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