Ex-Wife (Faber Editions): 'a Stop-You-In-Your-Tracks Classic' - Monica Heisey, Author of Really Good, Actually

By Ursula Parrott

Book Overview

An instant bestseller when it was published anonymously in 1929, Ex-Wife is the story of a divorce and its aftermath that scandalized the Jazz Age--and still resonates today. It's 1924, and Peter and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0571388051
• ISBN13: 9780571388059
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Length: 281 Pages

Customer Reviews

Things Almost Never Change

I wanted to purchase a copy of this book when I became interested in a completely selfish amature study of pre-Production Code films. After viewing "The Divorcee," I knew I had to get a copy of the book upon which the movie was based. What I didn't expect however, is that for an intallment-authored magazine story, a common form of entertainment for the masses prior to television, written in 1929, very little seems to have changed. Much of the dialogue still occurs in 2003 and you find yourself relying on the prohibition life of New York to keep you in the proper era while reading. Although not a feminist book (it actually petitions against feminism in jibing ways), it does show independant qualities in women entwined with very human emotions. The book is not among the great literature of our time, but does demonstrate an historical perspective that is quite fascinating.