"Marriage." . . "Wives Fiction." . . "LITERARY CRITICISM European English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh." . . . . "Marriage Fiction." . . "Wives." . . . . . . . "Studies in wives" . "Studies in wives"@en . . . . "Mystery and detective fiction"@en . . . . . . . . "Fiction"@en . . "Descended from prominent thinkers and creatives on both sides of her family, including the French painter Jean-Hilaire Belloc and English philosopher Joseph Priestly, Marie Belloc Lowndes was a prolific biographer and journalist who also had some success with her character-driven fiction. The volume Studies in Wives brings together six keenly observed stories about women exploring what it means to be married."@en . "Studies in Wives"@en . "Studies in Wives" . . . . . "[Studies in Wives.]" . . "Domestic fiction"@en . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . . .