{"product_id":"fidelity-9781540270153","title":"Fidelity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA classic feminist novel originally published in 1915, and set in Iowa in the early years of the 20th century, Susan Glaspell's \u003cem\u003eFidelity\u003c\/em\u003e is a surprising, suspenseful work about the strictures that confine women, the risks those who want to flee them take, and the opportunities that await them if they do. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuth Holland, bored in her conventional small town, falls in love with a married man and runs off with him, shocking the community. A decade later she returns to cold shoulders and the disapproval of the town: she is seen as \"a human being who selfishly - basely - took her own happiness, leaving misery for others. She outraged society as completely as a woman could outrage it... One who defies it...must be shut out from it.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat Ruth decides to do next will upend most readers' expectations, as will the cryptic scenes that take place in the doctor's office after Ruth becomes involved with her married lover. Ruth Holland deserves to be placed alongside other heroines such as Emma Bovary and Lily Bart, women who wanted \"an enlarged experience\" and were \"zestful for new things from life.\" \u003cem\u003eFidelity\u003c\/em\u003e will shock and fascinate readers today as its heroine did in her day. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Belt Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781540270153\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Susan Glaspell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52360477442229,"sku":"9781540270153","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_0acb9037-4a26-4a19-9469-3d2b9dce1f19.jpg?v=1773721135","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/fidelity-9781540270153","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}