<div>Initially rejected by the author's scandalized publisher, <i>Constance Ring</i> is now considered a classic of Scandinavian-and world-literature, a passionate condemnation of marriage and moral hypocrisy that has drawn comparisons to <i>Madame Bovary</i> and <i>The Awakening</i>. The story of a naive young woman who sets out to divorce her loving but adulterous husband, <i>Constance Ring</i> is an intimate portrayal of a vibrant woman's refusal to yield to the forces that constrict women's lives in a society that offers them few choices.<br></div>