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A bored husband reads his wife’s rambling letter and lectures her ignorance, exposing a contradiction in what he expects from women.
Returning to her family estate, a young heiress finds the freedom of the steppe at odds with the narrow life waiting for her at home.
Weeks before her wedding, a young woman begins to see her comfortable provincial life—and the future chosen for her—with new clarity.
A merchant’s self-righteous tale about an orphan’s mother forces two unhappy village women to consider the limits of obedience.
A gentle lawyer accepts a retired Cossack’s hospitality and spends a sleepless night inside the old man’s brutal, self-satisfied world.
In a shuttered provincial house, a mother and daughter sew endlessly for a marriage that remains only a hope.
Newly married to a wealthy older colonel, a young woman remains fixated on the indifferent friend she once hoped to marry.
Prescribed total rest in a nursery with barred windows, a young wife begins to study the wallpaper.
On a train to Paris, a proudly controlling mother carries a caged bird home while unknowingly passing the wreckage of her daughter’s love.
In a rainy Italian hotel, an American wife goes after a stray cat and discovers how many other things she wants.
While waiting for a train through Spain, a couple circles the life-changing decision neither can name directly.
An eighteenth-century grandmother hears modern tales of jealous revenge and gives her sheltered granddaughter a scandalous lesson about love and marriage.
A landowner recalls forcing his pregnant servant into a marriage arranged to protect his own name.
A faithless husband grows jealous when his independent wife attracts attention, and she answers his renewed desire with a price.
A young marquise determined to escape her jealous husband hires an expert accomplice to produce evidence no court can ignore.
A doctor’s defense of a desperate mother leads him to recount a widow’s struggle with pregnancy and public shame.
A young man explains how his mother’s final testament exposed the truth behind a brutal country household.
A beautiful countess rebels against the husband who has used pregnancy to control her, choosing a revenge designed to poison his certainty.
To settle her father's debt, El-Soo puts herself up for auction while refusing the creditor who wants to own her.
A mother manages her daughter’s concert engagement and presses the organizers to honor their contract.
Eveline must decide whether to leave her family and sail away with the man she hopes to marry.
A shopkeeper develops feelings for a married locksmith and struggles with what her priest calls sin.
A new wife leaves her husband to find a life she can choose for herself.
A traveler finds an old acquaintance trapped in an abusive marriage in a remote Louisiana cabin.
