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Sailors' Wives
Paperback
RomanceClassic FictionGeneral Fiction
ISBN13: 9781025966991
Publisher: Tradd Street Press
Published: Feb 14 2026
Pages: 328
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Sailors' Wives is a provocative and evocative exploration of romantic life and social expectations during the height of the Jazz Age. Written by Warner Fabian, the pseudonym of the acclaimed journalist and novelist Samuel Hopkins Adams, this work delves into the complex inner lives and outward social pressures faced by young women navigating the shifting moral landscape of the 1920s.
The narrative focuses on the themes of fidelity, restlessness, and the search for personal fulfillment within the constraints of marriage. As a continuation of the author's exploration into the lives of the modern woman, the novel examines a generation that broke with Victorian traditions to embrace a more liberated, albeit often tumultuous, lifestyle. The story captures the essence of a decade characterized by rapid social change, depicting both the glitter and the underlying anxieties of the era.
Through its vivid characterizations and sharp social commentary, Sailors' Wives serves as a significant literary window into the American social fabric following the First World War. It remains a compelling study of the tension between individual desire and societal duty, rendered with the candidness and stylistic flair that made the author a household name in the early twentieth century.
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