Idle Wives (1914) - James Oppenheim - Bog

Idle Wives is a novel written by James Oppenheim and published in 1914. The story revolves around two women, one a wealthy socialite and the other a working-class woman. The wealthy socialite, Laura Murdock, is bored with her life and her marriage to a wealthy businessman. She begins an affair with a young artist, but soon realizes that he is not the answer to her problems. Meanwhile, the working-class woman, Mary Turner, struggles to make ends meet and provide for her family. She becomes involved in the labor movement and fights for better working conditions and wages. The two women's lives intersect when Laura becomes interested in Mary's cause and begins to use her wealth and influence to support the movement. The novel explores themes of class, gender, and social justice, and provides a critique of the idle lives of the wealthy.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.