The Faithful Wife Classics And so we arrive at

And so we arrive at the encouraging truth that quarrels and wars and all the most violent human passions

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Undset concludes with a measured reflection on the future of democracy and the possibility of a return to a virtuous and ordered society

The Faithful Wife Classics And so we arrive atBy Sigrid Undset The Faithful Wife is a marriage story. For sixteen years, Sigurd and Nathalie have been perfectly happy, enjoying good jobs and a comfortable living situation, and free of the duties of parenthood. Their marriage, in a word, conforms quite nicely to turn of the century progressive ideals. This conventional tranquility is shattered by Sigurds quiet declaration of infidelity. Devastated, Nathalie stays true to her broadminded and