The Kempton-Wace Letters

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The Kempton-Wace Letters is an epistolary novel co-written by Anna Strunsky Walling and Jack London that explores love, ethics, and social ideals through a series of philosophical letters.

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instanceOf epistolary novel
literary work
novel
associatedWith early feminist discourse
social reform ideas
author Anna Strunsky Walling NERFINISHED
Jack London NERFINISHED
coAuthor Anna Strunsky Walling NERFINISHED
Jack London NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
explores application of evolutionary theory to human relationships
conflict between personal happiness and social responsibility
tension between idealism and pragmatism in love
firstEditionLanguage English
genre epistolary fiction
philosophical novel
romantic fiction
hasCharacter Dane Kempton NERFINISHED
Herbert Wace NERFINISHED
hasForm prose
hasPageCountApprox 300
hasSubject ethics of marriage and partnership
love as a social institution
role of intellect in emotional life
isPartOf Anna Strunsky Walling bibliography
Jack London bibliography NERFINISHED
language English
literaryForm letters
literaryMovement progressive era American literature
literaryTechnique dialogue through correspondence
philosophical argumentation
mainTheme ethics
individualism versus social duty
love
rationalism versus emotion
social ideals
narrativeFormat epistolary
narrativePerspective first-person letters
philosophicalContent debate over scientific versus romantic conceptions of love
discussion of evolutionary ethics
publicationType book
publicationYear 1903
publisher Macmillan NERFINISHED
settingPeriod early 20th century
structure series of letters
targetAudience adult readers

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Anna Strunsky Walling notableWork The Kempton-Wace Letters