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The wife of Martin Guerre

by Lewis, Janet, Lewis, Janet, Janet Lewis, Marta Pera Cucurell

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Long enough to develop complex characters, yet concise enough for unity of effect, the “beautiful and blessed nouvelle” — as Henry James called it — seems capable of rare artistic perfection. And one of its most perfect examples is Janet Lewis’s “The Wife of Martin Guerre.” (from a review in Washington Post Newspaper. The novel was published in 1941)

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