Conjugal Love (novel)

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Conjugal Love was written in Italian (L'amore conjugale), by Alberto Moravia in 1947.{{cite web |last= Reynolds |first= Susan Salt |url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jan-21-bk-discoveries21-story.html |title= Discoveries |publisher= Articles.latimes.com |date=2007-01-21 |access-date= 2012-07-15}} It was translated into English by Angus Davidson in 1951{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/18/AR2007011802024.html |author=Dirda, Michael |author-link=Michael Dirda |title=Conjugal Love: A Novel| work=Washingtonpost.com |date=21 January 2007 |accessdate=2022-10-19}} and by Marina Harss and published by Other Press in 2007.{{cite web |url=http://www.otherpress.com/books/book?ean=9781590512210 |title=Conjugal Love |publisher=Other Press |accessdate=2012-07-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720023833/http://www.otherpress.com/books/book?ean=9781590512210 |archive-date=2012-07-20 |url-status=dead }}

The novel is written in the first person by a rich Italian dilettante who has gone with his wife to the countryside to attempt to write a novel. The situation is complicated, however, by the couple's decision to remain abstinent throughout this period, and the wife's accusation that her husband's barber has tried to molest her.