Jamie Lisa Forbes
Wow, that is a very good question, especially when I have written about so many couples. Thanks for thinking of it.
To me, the best writer of couples was Edith Wharton. She was brilliant in exploring the ebbs and flows between couples, the nuances of relationships and the factors that work to pull people apart. Some of this spills into my own fiction, but certainly she was the master at picking apart how couples work. Or not. Given this view, my favorite couple is Ethan and Mattie in Edith Wharton's novella "Ethan Fromme." This is the story of a doomed couple, but so much of what happens to them is both an exemplar and a cautionary tale of all couples.
Thanks for your question.
To me, the best writer of couples was Edith Wharton. She was brilliant in exploring the ebbs and flows between couples, the nuances of relationships and the factors that work to pull people apart. Some of this spills into my own fiction, but certainly she was the master at picking apart how couples work. Or not. Given this view, my favorite couple is Ethan and Mattie in Edith Wharton's novella "Ethan Fromme." This is the story of a doomed couple, but so much of what happens to them is both an exemplar and a cautionary tale of all couples.
Thanks for your question.
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