Initially rejected by the author's scandalized publisher, "Constance Ring" is now considered a classic of Scandinavian-and world-literature, a passionate condemnation of marriage and moral hypocrisy that has drawn comparisons to "Madame Bovary" and "The Awakening." The story of a naive young woman who sets out to divorce her loving but adulterous husband, "Constance Ring" 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.