Project Gutenberg 2007-09-05 Public domain in the USA. 242 Daudet, Alphonse 1840 1897 Daudet, Louis Marie Alphonse Ensor, Laura Les femmes d'artistes. English Artists' Wives Prologue -- Madam Heurtebise -- The credo of love -- The Transteverina -- A couple of singers -- A misunderstanding -- Assault with violence -- Bohemia at home -- Fragment of a woman's letter -- A great man's widow -- The deceiver -- The Comtesse Irma -- The confidences of an academic coat. Produced by David Widger "Artists' Wives" by Alphonse Daudet is a work of fiction, likely written in the late 19th century. The book explores the complexities of marriage and the artistic life, centering around different artists and their relationships with their wives. Through a series of vignettes, it delves into the unique challenges and misunderstandings faced by these couples, revealing the often divergent worlds of artists and their spouses. The opening of the book introduces a conversation between a poet and a painter as they discuss the notion of marriage and its impact on artistic creation. The painter argues against marriage, suggesting that it can degrade a man's talent, citing examples of unhappy artist couples. Meanwhile, the poet sees the joys of family life and the nurturing spirit of a wife as essential to overcoming the trials of an artist's solitude. This dialogue sets the tone for the exploration of various artistic relationships that will unfold, framed by the characters' differing perspectives on happiness, creativity, and the societal expectations that bind them. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en France -- Fiction Marriage -- Fiction Short stories, French -- Translations into English Art -- Fiction Wives -- Fiction Artists' spouses -- Fiction PQ Text Art Browsing: Art & Photography Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 205627 200672 2024-09-10T03:46:55.425091 2023-09-10T07:26:40.266840 text/html text/html 192473 2008-02-04T05:21:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2891326 2008-02-04T05:21:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 3027042 2024-09-10T03:46:59.652018 application/epub+zip 3029502 2024-09-10T03:46:56.284156 application/epub+zip 118127 2024-09-10T03:46:55.820046 application/epub+zip 3089266 2024-09-10T03:47:02.420015 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3065291 2024-09-10T03:46:59.127020 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 165300 2022-09-10T13:37:46.227305 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 172886 172879 2024-09-10T03:46:54.760096 2023-09-10T07:26:39.763843 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 172763 2008-02-04T05:20:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 69154 2008-02-04T05:21:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 172774 2008-02-04T05:20:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 69089 2008-02-04T05:21:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22576 2024-09-10T03:47:02.578011 application/rdf+xml 12725 2024-09-10T03:46:55.908048 image/jpeg 2764 2024-09-10T03:46:55.864042 image/jpeg 2907434 2024-09-10T03:46:55.633078 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia