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  2. Adultery in literature - Wikipedia

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    Adultery in literature. The theme of adultery has been used in a wide range of literature through the ages, and has served as a theme for some notable works such as Anna Karenina and Madame Bovary. As a theme it brings intense emotions into the foreground, and has consequences for all concerned. It also automatically brings its own conflict ...

  3. Category:Fiction about adultery - Wikipedia

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    Fiction about adultery. Adultery in fiction, extramarital sex that is considered objectionable on social, religious, moral, or legal grounds. Although the sexual activities that constitute adultery vary, as well as the social, religious, and legal consequences, the concept exists in many cultures and is similar in Christianity, Judaism and Islam .

  4. Category:Novels about adultery - Wikipedia

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    Scandal (Wilson novel) The Scarlet Letter. Serve the People! A Severed Head. Shira (novel) Skinny Dip (novel) Sparkling Cyanide. A Spot of Bother. A Spy in the House of Love.

  5. Adultery - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 September 2024. Type of extramarital sex This article is about the act of adultery or extramarital sex. For other uses, see Adultery (disambiguation). For a broad overview, see Religion and sexuality. Sex and the law Social issues Consent Reproductive rights Homophobia (Criminalization · Capital ...

  6. The Scarlet Letter - Wikipedia

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    The Scarlet Letter: A Romance is a work of historical fiction by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1850. [2] Set in the Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony during the years 1642 to 1649, the novel tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter with a man to whom she is not married and then struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity.

  7. Suicide in literature - Wikipedia

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    Suicide, the act of deliberately killing oneself, is a prominent action in many important works of literature. Authors use the suicide of a character to portray defiance, despair, love, or honor. Whether it is written as the ultimate act of devotion or the result of depression, the act of suicide was and is a prevalent action within the context ...

  8. Anna Karenina - Wikipedia

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    Anna Karenina (Russian: Анна Каренина, IPA: [ˈanːə kɐˈrʲenʲɪnə]) [1] is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Considered to be among the greatest works of literature ever written, [2] Tolstoy himself called it his first true novel. It was initially released in serial installments ...

  9. Madame Bovary - Wikipedia

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    Madame Bovary. Madame Bovary (/ ˈboʊvəri /; [1] French: [madam bɔvaʁi]), originally published as Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners (French: Madame Bovary: Mœurs de province [madam bɔvaʁi mœʁ (s) də pʁɔvɛ̃s]), is a novel by French writer Gustave Flaubert, published in 1857. The eponymous character lives beyond her means in order ...