The School For Wives
Andre Gide
One of Gide’s lesser, and lesser known works, this is a tripartite and delicate dissection of a marriage, as evidenced through the journals of a man, his wife and their daughter. In The School for Wives, it is Eveline’s narrative, from the first elation of her love for Robert, a love which finds no flaw and only self-effacement before the assured superiority of her husband. And then later the recognition of his many weaknesses, the desire to leave him- and concomitantly the Catholic faith. In turn it is Robert’s story, in part a justification, in part an expression of his love for his wife, and of the growing religious belief which coincides with Eveline’ rejection of hers. And lastly their daughter Genevieve recalls an incident in her youth, in no way connected with the drama played out between her parents…. A not always integrated, fictionally speaking, examination of moral and religious unrest, this was first published in 1929 and is of course a part of the Gide revival. ~ Kirkus Review
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Details
| Genre | Fiction; Checklist by Marion Zimmer Bradley |
| Copyright Date | 1929 |
| Publication Date | 1929 |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Notes | Full title given on other editions: The School for Wives: Robert, Geneviève. Or, The Unfinished Confidence
Translated by Dorothy Bussy (Dorothy Strachey Bussy), who wrote the classic, Olivia. |
| Language | English |
| Rating | NotRated |
| Original Title | L’école des femmes suivi de Robert et de Geneviève |
| Original Publisher | Gallimard |
| Original Language | |
| Translator | Dorothy Bussy |
| BookID | 11146 |
