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 ⓘ
Jack London ⓘ
coAuthor Anna Strunsky Walling ⓘ
Jack London ⓘ
countryOfOrigin 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 ⓘ
Herbert Wace ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
settingPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
structure series of letters ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ

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Anna Strunsky Walling → notableWork → The Kempton-Wace Letters ⓘ