Fenwick's Career

Fenwick's Career is a novel written by Mrs. Humphrey Ward, first published in 1906. The story revolves around the life of Gilbert Fenwick, a successful lawyer in London who is highly respected in his profession. He is married to a beautiful woman named Agatha and has two children. However, despite his professional success, Fenwick feels unfulfilled and dissatisfied with his life.As the story progresses, Fenwick becomes increasingly disillusioned with his career and begins to question his values and priorities. He starts to feel that his work is meaningless and that he has lost touch with his true self. In an attempt to find meaning and purpose in his life, Fenwick begins to explore other interests and hobbies.Throughout the novel, Ward explores themes of ambition, success, and the pursuit of happiness. She also examines the role of women in society and the challenges they face in pursuing their own careers and aspirations.Overall, Fenwick's Career is a thought-provoking and engaging novel that offers a powerful commentary on the complexities of modern life and the search for meaning and fulfillment.1906. The novelist Mrs. Humphrey Ward (Mary Arnold Ward), was the niece of the poet Matthew Arnold, and granddaughter of Dr. Thomas Arnold, the headmaster of Rugby School who was immortalized as a character in the novel Tom Brown's Schooldays. Fenwick�������s Career begins: Really, mother, I can�������t sit any more. I�������m that stiff!-and as cold as anything. So said Miss Bella Morrison, as she rose from her seat with an affected yawn and stretch. In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours. The young man in question stood embarrassed and silent, his palette on his thumb, brush and mahlstick suspended. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.