The Stepford Wives language after the publication of Levin's book and it is generally used as a derogatory term which refers to a submissive and docile wife who seems to conform blindly to the stereotype of an old-fashioned subservient role in relationship to her husband. It is sometimes used in reference to any woman, even an accomplished professional woman, who had subordinated her life or career to her husband's interests and who affected submission and devotion to him even in the face of the husband's public problems and disgrace. The Stepford Wives The Stepford Wives is a 1972 satirical thriller novel by Ira
Agatha Christie's fictional universe after Agatha Christie died, are included in the lists. Her novels under the pen name Mary Westmacott and her nonfiction books are not covered in this article. One notable example of characters from one novel appearing in another is the novel "The Pale Horse", which features Ariadne Oliver, Major Despard and his wife Rhoda (all had previously appeared on "Cards on the Table") and Mrs Dane Calthrop (from "The Moving Finger"). Outside of stories by Christie herself, adaptations of her works have also featured crossovers: Agatha Christie's fictional universe In Agatha Christie's mystery novels, several characters cross over different sagas,