One of the best works of the “golden age” of English literature.
A masterpiece of psychological realism, repeatedly adapted for film.
A novel first published in 1848—which caused a sensation in England because, for the first time in European literature, it asked a very uncomfortable question with full frankness and directness: should a woman who has become the wife of a domestic tyrant obediently bear her cross “for the sake of preserving the family,” in the name of children? Or is breaking such a marriage not only her right, but also her duty as a mother?
A question, unfortunately, that for many women around the world remains relevant even today.