02459cam a22003373u 4500 37185 UtSlPG 20260610133840.0 m cr n 260607r2011||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PS Fawcett, Edgar, 1847-1904 The Adventures of a Widow: A Novel Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2011 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2011-08-23 E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org) "The Adventures of a Widow: A Novel" by Edgar Fawcett is a fiction narrative likely written in the late 19th century. The story's central focus revolves around Pauline Van Corlear, a young woman navigating the complexities of society after marrying a significantly older gentleman, Mr. Hamilton Varick. As she transitions from girlhood to widowhood, the narrative seemingly explores themes of independence, societal expectations, and personal transformation. The opening of the novel sets the stage in New York, describing the shifting character of Bond Street, once a bastion of old-world gentility now beset by commercialism. Mr. Varick, a wealthy man returned from Paris, marries eighteen-year-old Pauline, who feels the weight of societal pressure to secure her future through marriage. In the initial chapters, we see Pauline’s internal conflict as she reconciles her ambitions with the constraints imposed by her social world, setting up a storyline rich in both character development and commentary on the era's societal norms. Her early interactions, especially with her cousin Courtlandt and her husband Varick, hint at her struggles with personal desires versus societal expectations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Young women -- Fiction Widows -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37185 78025 78025