An unflinching portrait of an unhappy marriage, A Modern Instance examines a couples personal conflicts as the effects of commercial progress and rapid changes in social and religious institutions. Howellss novel ends with the hero barred by his over-scrupulous conscience from marrying the divorced heroine.
| ISBN: | 9781411440494 |
| Publication date: | 15th March 2011 |
| Author: | Howells, William Dean |
| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | Ebook (Epub) |