The Superstition of Divorce is G. K. Chesterton's controversial essay-length argument about marriage, family, modern individualism, and the social costs he believed followed from easy divorce. Chesterton writes from a traditional Christian and social perspective, treating marriage not simply as a private contract but as a public institution tied to children, vows, habit, and the stability of ordinary life.
Modern readers may disagree strongly with parts of the argument, but the book remains useful for understanding Chesterton's moral imagination and his critique of modernity. He frames divorce as one example of a wider tendency to mistake liberation for rootlessness. Readers interested in social criticism, Christian ethics, marriage debates, Edwardian conservatism, and Chesterton's polemical essays will find a clear statement of his position.
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