Candida
By Bernard Shaw
Cover: The Order of Release, 1746 (1852-53), oil on canvas by John Everett Millais (1829-1896) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1896)
The Reverend James Morell, a popular socialist preacher, is sure of the love of his wife Candida until a young poet, Eugene Marchbanks, tells him how little he understands her. She is asked to choose between them, and her choice is not the one the men expect.
Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.