Upper-Class Women Exposed In Willa Cather's A Lost Lady

The novel 'A lost lady' talks about a wealthy couple Mr. and Mrs. Forrester in a sweet water town. Mrs. Forrester is having an affair with two young boys, Frank Ellinger, and Ivy Peter, which goes against social norms at that time. Divorce and adultery were common. Society sees adultery and divorce as forbidden based on legal law. Marion Forrester has an affair with Frank Ellinger and Ivy Peter because she was not satisfy sexually by his husband and could not find a job at that time based on her social class and her marital status. Society at that point talks about how upper-class women could, not get a job based on societal discrimination and how women were dependent on men. Upper-class women were flirts though most of them were business women, journalist, caretakers of the house and women's right activists. …show more content…
That was not appropriate based on societal norms. The consistent acknowledgement of both enigmatic qualities, variety, and richness as a source of inspiration for Willa Cather's novel 'A Lost Lady' according to the Journal of Nancy Morrow expresses the facts and realities of living conditions of the 19th century. This conditions of life lead Willa Cather to shows her view of how women were seen and treated in the 19th century and how critics debate on the novel. According to Nancy Morrow, one critic identifies the book as the most dominant while another analyst identifies it as the affirmation of the 19th century. The economic dependency and challenges, Captain Forrester's decline in wealth and Captain Forrester's inability to satisfy Marion Forrester sexually lead to how Marion Forrester lives her life in the novel 'A Lost