Project Gutenberg 2011-02-15 Public domain in the USA. 82 Opie, Amelia 1769 1853 Opie, Amelia Alderson Alderson, Amelia A Wife's Duty: A Tale Produced by Delphine Lettau and the Online Distributed Proofreading Canada Team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net "A Wife's Duty: A Tale" by Amelia Opie is a novel written in the early 19th century. The story centers around Helen, a young wife navigating the complexities of her relationships, particularly with her husband, Seymour Pendarves, as she deals with societal expectations and personal feelings. The narrative explores themes of love, duty, and the emotional struggles faced by women in a patriarchal society. At the start of the book, we see Helen reflect on her recent marriage and the challenges that lie ahead. The opening reveals her conflicting emotions regarding her past love, Ferdinand De Walden, and her current husband, Seymour. Helen’s initial happiness as a newlywed is clouded by her sense of duty toward her family’s expectations and her husband’s social inclinations. As they settle into their new life, Helen grapples with the emerging dynamics within her marriage, the influence of Seymour’s friends, and her desire to maintain her own identity amidst the romantic and societal pressures that threaten to undermine her peace and happiness. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 378381 378388 2024-09-15T04:43:53.454030 2023-09-15T10:26:58.667374 text/html text/html 376142 2011-02-15T10:42:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 422191 2011-02-15T10:42:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 500926 2024-09-15T04:44:00.675044 application/epub+zip 507562 2024-09-15T04:43:55.194045 application/epub+zip 198495 2024-09-15T04:43:54.092049 application/epub+zip 614180 2024-09-15T04:44:04.788995 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 594940 2024-09-15T04:43:59.797025 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 322112 2022-09-16T08:00:44.584852 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 347935 347835 2024-09-15T04:43:52.553050 2023-09-15T10:26:57.836359 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 347787 2011-02-15T10:42:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 131530 2011-02-15T10:42:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 347778 2011-02-15T10:42:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 131417 2011-02-15T10:42:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19916 2024-09-15T04:44:04.935987 application/rdf+xml 14030 2024-09-15T04:43:54.460034 image/jpeg 3623 2024-09-15T04:43:54.277045 image/jpeg 487885 2024-09-15T04:43:53.496098 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