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Article: The problem of divorce.(LAW AND literature)(John Galsworthy and D.H. Lawrence, ending of marriage)
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- June 1, 2005
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Marriage is more than a simple contract
between spouses, or a thing, which they
can dissolve by their own acts and
choice, even consensually. It is a status,
involving other and more important
interests.
--Viscount Birkenhead L.C. in Rutherford v. Richardson (1923)
The ending of a marriage is one of the great themes of literature. Marriage is indeed more than a simple contract between spouses. It is clearly something that society holds dear. The desire to encourage and support the institution of marriage has meant that, until the current era, there were powerful hurdles to gaining a divorce.
Two novels that explore marriage ...