Project Gutenberg 2015-02-06 Public domain in the USA. 68 Wilcox, Ella Wheeler 1850 1919 Wheeler, Ella Six Bad Husbands and Six Unhappy Wives 6 Bad Husbands and 6 Unhappy Wives Produced by Chris Whitehead, Demian Katz and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University (http://digital.library.villanova.edu/)) "Six Bad Husbands and Six Unhappy Wives" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox is a collection of character sketches that delves into the complexities of marital relationships, written during the early 20th century. The book examines the themes of love, responsibility, and interpersonal dynamics within six unhappy marriages, each illustrating unique reasons for the dissolution of love and partnership. The likely topic centers on the consequences of personal behavior and societal expectations in the context of marriage. In this work, Wilcox presents six distinct couples, highlighting the characteristics of the husbands that lead to their bad behavior and the resulting unhappiness of their wives. Each vignette outlines how various factors, such as jealousy, discontent, and communication breakdowns, contribute to the unraveling of the marriages. The narrative reveals the intricacies of each relationship—from the ambitious but condescending partner who loses respect for his hardworking wife to the self-absorbed woman whose spiritual aspirations alienate her loving husband. Through these portrayals, the book serves as both a critique of individual flaws and an exploration into how such traits can drive a wedge between partners, ultimately leading to divorce and societal judgment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Marriage Women -- Conduct of life Husband and wife HQ PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Parenthood & Family Relations Browsing: Sociology 74774 74776 2024-09-20T07:37:55.987288 2023-09-21T04:32:31.193176 text/html text/html 73304 2020-09-01T05:05:35 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 92441 2020-09-01T05:06:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 111029 2024-09-20T07:37:58.635305 application/epub+zip 109976 2024-09-20T07:37:56.586281 application/epub+zip 78397 2024-09-20T07:37:56.256289 application/epub+zip 152233 2024-09-20T07:38:00.289273 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 136338 2024-09-20T07:37:58.310289 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 105069 2022-09-21T20:07:13.580908 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 59826 59606 2024-09-20T07:37:55.742285 2023-09-21T04:32:30.902170 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 60106 2015-02-06T14:09:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 23635 2015-02-06T17:19:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19273 2024-09-20T07:38:00.416260 application/rdf+xml 12416 2024-09-20T07:37:56.318316 image/jpeg 2138 2024-09-20T07:37:56.288282 image/jpeg 93823 2024-09-20T07:37:55.999289 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