Artists' Wives
Alphonse Daudet
Translator Laura Ensor
Publisher: Good Press
Summary
"Artists' Wives" is a novel examining the question of whether artists should marry and what kind of life an artist's wife goes through. The debate is framed by a story of a painter and poet who are discussing this very subject. The married painter tries to discourage his unmarried poet friend from taking the leap. Instead he hands him a manuscript with a collection of stories of famous artists who got married and the hardships they encountered in their unions...