The wife of Martin Guerre

Lewis, Janet Lewis, Janet Janet Lewis Marta Pera Cucurell First published 1941

About this book

Long enough to develop complex characters, yet concise enough for unity of effect, the “beautiful and blessed nouvelle” — as Henry James called it — seems capable of rare artistic perfection. And one of its most perfect examples is Janet Lewis’s “The Wife of Martin Guerre.” (from a review in Washington Post Newspaper. The novel was published in 1941)

Subjects

english fiction
fiction
fiction, biographical
fiction, general
fiction in english
france, fiction
general
guerre, bertrande (de rois) -- fl. 1539-1560 -- fiction
guerre, martin, -- fl. 1539-1560 -- fiction
impostors and imposture
married women
social pressure
truth