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A domestic narrative follows a married couple and their extended household through courtship, wedding, social parties, and the strains that arise when loyalties shift between spouse and child. Episodes move between husband and wife viewpoints and include family meddling, gossip, foreign travel, seductive attraction and moral temptation, illness and the death of a firstborn. Scenes portray shifting affections, pride and social manners, and the consequences of interference and fate for personal happiness, while recurring motifs probe marital fidelity, maternal instinct, and the fragile balance sustaining family life.
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