The Real Adventure

First published in 1916, The Real Adventure is Henry Kitchell Webster's warm, searching novel about what makes a life feel truly lived. Jane, a spirited young woman of means, enters marriage full of modern ideals — about work, partnership, and equality — only to find them tested by habit, temptation, and the quiet pull of convention. As she and her husband struggle to build something real together, Webster asks a question that still resonates: is adventure found in escape, or in the daily courage of commitment? This edition presents the COMPLETE, UNABRIDGED original text, faithfully reproduced, with a new introduction setting the novel in its moment — the shifting debates over marriage, women's independence, and the 'new woman' of the early twentieth century — along with reader's notes illuminating period details and themes. Ideal for book clubs, students, and lovers of classic American fiction. Part of The Founding Texts Library.