Idle Wives is a novel written by James Oppenheim and published in 1914. The story revolves around two women, one a wealthy socialite and the other a working-class woman. The wealthy socialite, Laura Murdock, is bored with her life and her marriage to a wealthy businessman. She begins an affair with a young artist, but soon realizes that he is not the answer to her problems. Meanwhile, the working-class woman, Mary Turner, struggles to make ends meet...