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Sleeping Fires

Sleeping Fires

Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

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General FictionHistorical FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 1419147773
ISBN13: 9781419147777
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Jun 17 2004
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.61
Height: 0.36 Width: 7.60 Depth: 9.22
Language: English
Sleeping Fires is a novel written by Gertrude Atherton. The story revolves around the life of a young woman named Clare who marries a wealthy man named Hubert. However, their marriage is not a happy one as Hubert is a cold and distant man who shows no affection towards his wife. Clare finds solace in the company of her cousin Evelyn, who is a free-spirited woman and a successful writer.As the story progresses, Clare begins to feel suffocated in her marriage and starts to question her life choices. She becomes increasingly drawn towards Evelyn and their relationship takes a romantic turn. However, their love affair is short-lived as Hubert discovers their secret and threatens to ruin their lives.The novel explores themes of love, marriage, identity, and societal expectations. It delves into the complexities of human relationships and the consequences of going against societal norms. Atherton's vivid descriptions and powerful characterizations make Sleeping Fires a compelling read that will leave readers contemplating the choices they make in their own lives.She wisely modified her first program and drifted back into afternoon society by degrees; a plan of defensive campaign highly approved by Mrs. McLane, who detested lack of finesse. The winter was an unsatisfactory one for Madeleine altogether. Society would not have bored her so much perhaps if that secret enchanting background had remained intact. But her intercourse with Masters was necessarily sporadic. Her conscience had never troubled her for receiving his visits, for her husband not only had expressed his approval, but had always urged her to amuse herself with men.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.

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