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Historical Fiction · 1972 · G

The Complacent Wife

by Barbara Cartland

She had been too comfortable. He had been too taken for granted. Both were about to wake up.

ForAll agesGenreHistorical FictionLength192 pagesRead time~5 hours

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Violence

None

No violence

Language

None

No significant language

Sexual Content

None

Completely chaste content within a marriage

Substance Use

None

No substance use

Emotional Intensity

Barely any

Mild complexity; complacency in love; renewal and appreciation

What this book is about

Cartland's The Complacent Wife examines a marriage that has settled into complacency — and the gentle crisis that restores its warmth. Even conflict in Cartland is mild: this is a story of a marriage renewed, not destroyed.

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