In the Victorian Age, the woman's falt is viewed as a atastrophe that wrecks domestic felicity and endangers the very foundation upon which social ife rests. In one of its aspects, this view reflects the instinc- tive fear of the female sexual power and its ability to seduce men from their hom.es and social norms, but it also reveals the great importance the Victorians lay on the woman and her role at home and in society at large. For therm, the home is aot only a penceful haven where man can find war- rath and comfort, but also a Sacred temple which stores atl the spiritual and moral values that she ller man from the anxieties of life and heip him realize his longings(1). If the home is a temple, the wife is its priestess that makes it bright, screne, restful and joyful. Hence, sexunt fidetity to the busband becomes the supreme virtue and adultery is the worst of sins/2). It goes without saying that the woman's fall becomes a social horror,as it wreaks tavoc, not only on the womon herself, but also on her home and socisty