My Wife and I: Restored Classics to Go Edition

Harriet Beecher Stowe's My Wife and I: or, Harry Henderson's History is a witty, reflective domestic novel that follows one man's journey from lonely boyhood to marriage amid the arguments of a restless modern age. Framed by a defensive preface and a narrator who insists his tale is "simple" even as it brushes against reform, gender, and social controversy, the book blends romance, satire, and moral commentary with unusual warmth. Harry Henderson recalls being the neglected tenth child in a poor New Hampshire minister's family, sustained by dutiful, loving parents but emotionally starved for companionship. That hunger first eases at school, where he discovers Susie Morril, a bright, graceful girl who becomes his cherished childhood "wife" in a world of shared games, small domestic rituals, and mutual admiration. As he grows older, his affections shift toward more complicated longing, especially in his fascination with the refined Miss Van Arsdel, whose devotion to church beauty and order leads him into conversations about faith, exclusiveness, and Christian unity. Throughout, Stowe turns courtship and home life into a lively exploration of love, reform, and the making of a shared life. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.