Chapter 1
Spouses of ancient epics and folklore
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Chapter 2
Victorian and nineteenth-century domestic struggles
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Chapter 3
Spouses of twentieth-century American and Latin American literature
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Chapter 4
Spouses of fantasy, sci-fi, and speculative fiction
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YOUR GOAL
Master of Spouses of literary characters
Ch 2 · Victorian and nineteenth-century domestic struggles
schopenhauer Victorian Domestic Struggles
We built a double wall to keep the city out, but now the silence is screaming.
schopenhauer Alexei Karenin prioritizes social reputation over his wife's emotional desperation and personal freedom.
Fun Fact
Bertha's spin-off: Jean Rhys wrote Wide Sargasso Sea in 1966 to give Bertha Mason a voice, exploring her tragic backstory in Jamaica before meeting Rochester.
schopenhauer Dorothea Brooke marries an elderly scholar only to find her intellectual dreams thoroughly crushed.
Glossary
coverture (noun)
The legal status of a married woman under common law, whereby her legal rights are subsumed by those of her husband. This doctrine forced Helen Graham to flee her abusive husband in Anne Brontë's 1848 masterpiece.
The legal status of a married woman under common law, whereby her legal rights are subsumed by those of her husband. This doctrine forced Helen Graham to flee her abusive husband in Anne Brontë's 1848 masterpiece.
Quiz
In Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, what does Bertha Mason do to Thornfield Hall that forces Rochester to rescue her?
schopenhauer Match literary spouses with their daily dilemmas to discover the realities of Victorian marriage.
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In George Eliot's Middlemarch, what cruel condition does Edward Casaubon put in his will regarding Dorothea's inheritance?
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In Gustave Flaubert's 1856 novel Madame Bovary, what is the profession of Emma Bovary's dull but well-meaning husband, Charles?
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In Henrik Ibsen's 1879 play A Doll's House, what pet name does Torvald Helmer frequently use for his wife Nora?
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In Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles, where does Angel Clare go after abandoning Tess on their wedding night?
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In Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein, who is Victor Frankenstein's adoptive sister and bride who is murdered on their wedding night?
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In Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, what is Alexei Karenin's primary career profession?
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In Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1850 novel The Scarlet Letter, what alias does Hester Prynne's long-lost husband use when he arrives in Boston?