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Marriage

    Katie Kitamura on Marriage (and Divorce) in Literature

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    Katie Kitamura on Marriage (and Divorce) in Literature - Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

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    Rebecca
    by Daphne Du Maurier

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    Katie Kitamura on Marriage (and Divorce) in Literature - The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James

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    The Portrait of a Lady
    by Henry James

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    Katie Kitamura on Marriage (and Divorce) in Literature - Lust by Elfriede Jelinek & Translated by Michael Hulse

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    Lust
    by Elfriede Jelinek & Translated by Michael Hulse

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    Katie Kitamura on Marriage (and Divorce) in Literature - My First Wife by Jakob Wassermann & Translated by Michael Hofmann

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    My First Wife
    by Jakob Wassermann & Translated by Michael Hofmann

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    Katie Kitamura on Marriage (and Divorce) in Literature - The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson

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    The Argonauts
    by Maggie Nelson

  • Katie Kitamura on Marriage (and Divorce) in Literature - Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
  • Katie Kitamura on Marriage (and Divorce) in Literature - The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
  • Katie Kitamura on Marriage (and Divorce) in Literature - Lust by Elfriede Jelinek & Translated by Michael Hulse
  • Katie Kitamura on Marriage (and Divorce) in Literature - My First Wife by Jakob Wassermann & Translated by Michael Hofmann
  • Katie Kitamura on Marriage (and Divorce) in Literature - The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson

Katie Kitamura on Marriage (and Divorce) in Literature

Love and marriage may go together like a horse and carriage, but what happens when the horses are spooked and the whole procession is run off the road? Katie Kitamura, whose new novel A Separation charts the disastrous—and tragic—failure of a marriage, considers some of literature’s most heartfelt accounts of relationship failure

Katie Kitamura on Marriage (and Divorce) in Literature

    The best books on Strong Women in Bad Marriages, recommended by Nancy Goldstone

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    The best books on Strong Women in Bad Marriages - Eleanor of Aquitaine by Alison Weir

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    Eleanor of Aquitaine
    by Alison Weir

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    The best books on Strong Women in Bad Marriages - The Serpent and the Moon by Her Royal Highness Princess Michael of Kent

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    The Serpent and the Moon
    by Her Royal Highness Princess Michael of Kent

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    The best books on Strong Women in Bad Marriages - The Heptameron by Marguerite de Navarre

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    The Heptameron
    by Marguerite de Navarre

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    The best books on Strong Women in Bad Marriages - Murder of a Medici Princess by Caroline P Murphy

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    Murder of a Medici Princess
    by Caroline P Murphy

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    The best books on Strong Women in Bad Marriages - Wedlock by Wendy Moore

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    Wedlock
    by Wendy Moore

  • The best books on Strong Women in Bad Marriages - Eleanor of Aquitaine by Alison Weir
  • The best books on Strong Women in Bad Marriages - The Serpent and the Moon by Her Royal Highness Princess Michael of Kent
  • The best books on Strong Women in Bad Marriages - The Heptameron by Marguerite de Navarre
  • The best books on Strong Women in Bad Marriages - Murder of a Medici Princess by Caroline P Murphy
  • The best books on Strong Women in Bad Marriages - Wedlock by Wendy Moore

The best books on Strong Women in Bad Marriages, recommended by Nancy Goldstone

The author of The Maid and the Queen takes us on an enjoyable ride through European history, looking at well-connected women who outwitted their husbands or asserted their independence.

The best books on Strong Women in Bad Marriages, recommended by Nancy Goldstone

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