Literary Fiction
A widow’s long affair shocks her bourgeois in-laws in this witty 1929 satire of marriage and middle-class hypocrisy.
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A widow’s long affair shocks her bourgeois in-laws in this witty 1929 satire of marriage and middle-class hypocrisy.
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"Millie is a recent widow, ".. at forty-five, a little cushiony woman, fair-skinned and dove-eyed ... and a smooth head, sleekly covered with agreeable hair the colour of respectability." But her steadfastly bourgeois in-laws are shocked, truly shocked by her late husband's will which leaves her only one thousand pounds and the rest of his considerable estate to a charity for " Fallen Women", and to discover that Millie has been having a very satisfactory affair for nearly ten years. A slyly hum...
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Sexual content
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Central long-term adultery; affair discussed, non-graphic intimacy
Violence & gore
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No violence or gore depicted
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Moral atonement themes; charity for ‘fallen women’
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content
Political content
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Central satire of middle-class prudery, marriage, and women’s roles
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Social cruelty and judgment toward women outside marriage
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