Addie's Husband; or, Through clouds to sunshine

A young bride, a troubled marriage, and a long road to the sunshine promised in the title. Addie's Husband is a classic Victorian domestic novel in the great tradition of moral storytelling, following its gentle heroine through misunderstanding, hardship, and quiet endurance toward the happiness she has been taught to hope for. This edition presents the complete, unabridged original text exactly as Mrs. Gordon Smythies wrote it, accompanied by a modern introduction that places the novel in its literary and social context, along with reader's notes to illuminate period customs and references. Whether you are a student of Victorian fiction, a lover of forgotten classics, or a reader simply drawn to a warm and earnest tale, this volume offers the full experience of a novel that once delighted thousands. Part of The Founding Texts Library.