The fundamental error of their matrimonial union; that of having based a permanent contract on a temporary feeling.

Thomas Hardy

Jude the Obscure

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Topic

Challenges of marriage Marriage

Author

Thomas Hardy

Source

Jude the Obscure

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1894 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Hardy, Thomas. "Jude the Obscure." Harper's New Monthly, Dec. 1894.

Current Citation

Hardy, Thomas. Jude the Obscure, edited by Ralph Pite. W. W. Norton & Company, 2016.

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In the life of each of us, I said to myself there is a place remote and islanded, and given to endless regret or secret happiness.

Sarah Orne Jewett

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Topic
Inner life

Author

Sarah Orne Jewett
Language
English
Time
1896 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Jewett, Sarah Orne. The Country of the Pointed Firs. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1896, ch. 15.

Current Citation

Jewett, Sarah Orne. "The Country of the Pointed Firs." The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories. Signet, 2009, ch. 15.

Another quote about Marriage

The legal theory is, that marriage makes the husband and wife one person, and that person is the husband.

Lucretia Mott

Discourse on Woman

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Topic
Marriage and law Marriage
Speaker
Lucretia Mott
Source
Discourse on Woman
Medium
Lecture
Language
English
Time
1849 1840s 19th century
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Original Citation

Mott, Lucretia. "Discourse on Woman." 17 Dec. 1849, Philadelphia's Assembly Hall, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Lecture.

Current Citation

Mott, Lucretia. "Lucretia Mott: Why Should Not Woman Seek to Be a Reformer?" Great Speeches by American Women, edited by James Daley. Dover Publications, 2007.