Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Wife of Martin Guerre (first published 1941) is a short novel by an American writer Janet Lewis based on the story of Martin Guerre, the 16th century peasant who apparently returned home to his wife after a long absence but was later revealed to be an impostor. The novel has its origins in research Lewis made into trials based on circumstantial evidence, after such a trial occurred at Stanford University Press, for which she wrote a pamphlet describing the risks of using circumstantial evidence.The novel tells the tale from the point of view of Bertrande, Martin's wife, speculating on how she copes with her exceptional circumstances in 16th century France.At the end of the novel, after her husband, the real Martin, returns, he rejects Bertrande, saying, "Dry your tears, Madame. They cannot, and they ought not, move my pity. The example of my sisters and my uncle can be no excuse for you, Madame, who knew me better than any living soul. The error into which you plunged could only have been caused by willful blindness. You, and you only, Madame, are answerable for the dishonor which has befallen me" (Lewis, p. 107).. }
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- The_Wife_of_Martin_Guerre abstract "The Wife of Martin Guerre (first published 1941) is a short novel by an American writer Janet Lewis based on the story of Martin Guerre, the 16th century peasant who apparently returned home to his wife after a long absence but was later revealed to be an impostor. The novel has its origins in research Lewis made into trials based on circumstantial evidence, after such a trial occurred at Stanford University Press, for which she wrote a pamphlet describing the risks of using circumstantial evidence.The novel tells the tale from the point of view of Bertrande, Martin's wife, speculating on how she copes with her exceptional circumstances in 16th century France.At the end of the novel, after her husband, the real Martin, returns, he rejects Bertrande, saying, "Dry your tears, Madame. They cannot, and they ought not, move my pity. The example of my sisters and my uncle can be no excuse for you, Madame, who knew me better than any living soul. The error into which you plunged could only have been caused by willful blindness. You, and you only, Madame, are answerable for the dishonor which has befallen me" (Lewis, p. 107).".