About the book
An unconventional woman trapped in a conventional marriage, Martha Quest struggles to maintain her dignity and her sanity through the misunderstandings, frustrations, infidelities, and degrading violence of a failing marriage. Finally, she must make the heartbreaking choice of whether to sacrifice her child as she turns her back on marriage and security.
A Proper Marriage is the second novel in Doris Lessing's classic Children of Violence series of novels, each a masterpiece on its own right, and, taken together, an incisive and all-encompassing vision of our world in the twentieth century.
Editions of Proper Marriage
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780060976637
- EBook
- ISBN 9780062047939
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An unconventional woman trapped in a conventional marriage, Martha Quest struggles to maintain her dignity and her sanity through the misunderstandings, frustrations, infidelities, and degrading violence of a failing marriage. Finally, she must make the heartbreaking choice of whether to sacrifice her child as she turns her back on marriage and security.
A Proper Marriage is the second novel in Doris Lessing's classic Children of Violence series of novels, each a masterpiece on its own right, and, taken together, an incisive and all-encompassing vision of our world in the twentieth century.
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What is Proper Marriage about?
An unconventional woman trapped in a conventional marriage, Martha Quest struggles to maintain her dignity and her sanity through the misunderstandings, frustrations, infidelities, and degrading violence of a failing marriage. Finally, she must make the heartbreaking choice of whether to sacrifice her child as she turns her back on marriage and security.
A Proper Marriage is the second novel in Doris Lessing's classic Children of Violence series of novels, each a masterpiece on its own right, and, taken together, an incisive and all-encompassing vision of our world in the twentieth century.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Proper Marriage?
Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre
Where can I read a sample of Proper Marriage?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780060976637
Is Proper Marriage part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Children of Violence
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Proper Marriage?
Doris Lessing
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Proper Marriage is available as paperback(ISBN 9780060976637) and ebook(ISBN 9780062047939)
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