02574cam a22003133u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000330011324500410014626400510018730000470023833600260028533700260031133800360033750000310037350501760040450801280058052013910070853400450209965300560214485600430220099900170224316408UtSlPG20260610133402.0mcr n260607r2005||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPR1 aZangwill, Israel,d1864-192614aThe Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2005  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2005-08-010 aThe grey wig -- Chassé-croisé -- The woman beater -- The eternal feminine -- The silent sisters -- The big bow mystery -- Merely Mary Ann -- The serio-comic governess.  aE-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, M. M. Moffet, Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team  a"The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes" by Israel Zangwill is a collection of fictional narratives written in the early 20th century. The work appears to explore themes related to aging, social status, and the human condition through the lens of its main characters, two elderly women navigating their lives in a Parisian hotel. These characters, Madame Valière and Madame Dépine, are depicted as having a complex relationship marked by mutual resentment, jealousy over appearances, and a desire for social acceptance.  The opening of the volume introduces readers to Madame Valière and Madame Dépine, two aging women living in the Hôtel des Tourterelles. Both women are characterized by their brown wigs and their contrasting personalities; Madame Valière, who has a noble past, presents a dignified exterior despite ongoing struggles, while Madame Dépine embodies a more resentful, bitter attitude towards her circumstances. Their mundane lives are disrupted by the arrival of Madame la Propriétaire, whose grey wig symbolizes an aspiration they both secretly share. In this opening portion, Zangwill deftly illustrates the dynamics and tensions that arise from their isolation and their longing for connection, setting the stage for the deeper explorations of identity and societal expectations in the stories that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aGreat Britain -- Social life and customs -- Fiction40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16408  c57796d57796