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Three Act Tragedy: Question for the History Buffs
An odd question but I don't know where else to ask it. In the past, I've read a lot about the history of divorce in England, but this surprised me.
(The book was published in 1935.) Poirot says that divorce is available in some situations, but never available when (1) one spouse is serving a life sentence in prison or (2) one spouse is "confined in a lunatic asylum."
Those seem like odd reasons to deny a divorce. Like, why force someone to remain married to someone serving a life sentence? And it was possible to divorce someone who was "incurably insane," but not if they might possibly get better?
Just wondering if anyone had thoughts. Thanks in advance.
u/carterzz — 11 days ago