Never had it occurred to Widdowson that a wife remains an i… - George Gissing

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Never had it occurred to Widdowson that a wife remains an individual, with rights and obligations independent of their wifely condition.

George Gissing

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George Robert Gissing (November 22 1857 – December 28 1903) was an English novelist and short story writer.

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Birth Name: George Robert Gissing

Alternative Names: George R. Gissing • G. R. Gissing

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Ten to one she had in mind some idiot heroine of a book.

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This was his way of viewing marriage; it was on the woman's side a point of ambition, a gratification of vanity; on the man a dignified condescension.

Never had it occurred to Widdowson that a wife remains an individual, with rights and obligations independent of their wifely condition. - George Gissing

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