The Mistress: Histories, Myths and Interpretations of the Other Woman

by VictoriaGriffin (Author)

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  Paperback
  2000

  $3.47

  A study of the mistress, from Lillie Langtry to Monica Lewinsky, Madame de Pompadour to George Eliot. It examines how the roles of wife and mistress come about, how each may threaten the other, or how they may co-exist.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1999

  $3.47

  Griffin asks why our society still treats marital infidelity as an unfathomable aberration, studying various arenas including the political mistress, the writer's mistress and the artist's mistress. She examines how the roles of wife and mistress come about, how each may threaten the other, or how they may co-exist.