02563cam a22003973u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000330011324000350014624500190018126400510020030000470025133600260029833700260032433800360035050000310038650502960041750800290071352011280074253400450187065300220191565300240193765300550196165300190201665300210203565300320205670000170208885600430210599900170214822522UtSlPG20260610133522.0mcr n260607r2007||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPQ1 aDaudet, Alphonse,d1840-189714aLes femmes d'artistes. English10aArtists' Wives 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2007  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2007-09-050 aPrologue -- Madam Heurtebise -- The credo of love -- The Transteverina -- A couple of singers -- A misunderstanding -- Assault with violence -- Bohemia at home -- Fragment of a woman's letter -- A great man's widow -- The deceiver -- The Comtesse Irma -- The confidences of an academic coat.  aProduced by David Widger  a"Artists' Wives" by Alphonse Daudet is a work of fiction, likely written in the late 19th century. The book explores the complexities of marriage and the artistic life, centering around different artists and their relationships with their wives. Through a series of vignettes, it delves into the unique challenges and misunderstandings faced by these couples, revealing the often divergent worlds of artists and their spouses.  The opening of the book introduces a conversation between a poet and a painter as they discuss the notion of marriage and its impact on artistic creation. The painter argues against marriage, suggesting that it can degrade a man's talent, citing examples of unhappy artist couples. Meanwhile, the poet sees the joys of family life and the nurturing spirit of a wife as essential to overcoming the trials of an artist's solitude. This dialogue sets the tone for the exploration of various artistic relationships that will unfold, framed by the characters' differing perspectives on happiness, creativity, and the societal expectations that bind them. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aFrance -- Fiction  aMarriage -- Fiction  aShort stories, French -- Translations into English  aArt -- Fiction  aWives -- Fiction  aArtists' spouses -- Fiction1 aEnsor, Laura40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22522  c63639d63639