H. G. Wells 
Wife of Sir Isaac Harman 

The protagonist of The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman is Lady Harman, nee Ellen Sawbridge. The moral, emotional, and intellectual conflicts that this tall, sensitive, graceful woman confronts arise in the context of a loveless marriage with Sir Isaac Harman, a self-made man who has grown rich as the proprietor of International Bread and Cake Stores and Staminal Bread.