The Three Stages of Clarinda Thorbald

"The Three Stages of Clarinda Thorbald" by William T. Hamilton is a story set around the experiences of a woman named Clarinda Thorbald as she goes through life, love, and marriage. The story looks at how she changes as she deals with the ups and downs of love, the responsibilities of being married, the challenges of trying to find her own identity, and the opening of the novel shows Clarinda thinking back on love's good and bad sides as her wedding day arrives. From this point on, Clarinda says good-bye to her childhood and makes her first steps into a new phase in her life with both hopeful expectations and doubts.