LEADER 02259oam 2200325z- 450 001 9910164099403321 010 $a1-78543-050-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000001056844 035 $a(VLeBooks)9781785430503 035 $a(Exl-AI)993710000001056844 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001056844 100 $a20190218c2015uuuu -u- - 101 0 $aeng 200 $aThe troubled marriage 210 $cMiniature Masterpieces 215 $a1 online resource (41 p.) 225 $aVictorian short stories 330 $aIt seems unlikely that there could be any subject to have preoccupied writers throughout the ages more than the pursuit of love. This may have reached an all time high in the Victorian era when a new age of romanticism captured hearts and minds. However, whilst love might have been the ultimate quest there were numerous practical formalities that preceded it and after the immensely complicated and ritualised courtship, a good match was of paramount importance for both men and women. Women were on average in their early twenties when they married and by the age of 30 were ill considered as a good match and were very much 'on the shelf'. Once married, a man had total ownership and control over all physical property and income that belonged to his wife. She not only lost the little independence that had previously been afforded her but was now the domestic servant of her husband, responsible in ensuring that every aspect of the house from food to kids ran smoothly and caused no trouble to her husband. Divorce was only available to the extremely wealthy until 1857 so for a woman the man she married determined her life whilst the married man always had options. This series of short stories wonderfully captures the Victorian world of matrimony with gems from Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle and many more. 606 $aMarriage in literature$7Generated by AI 606 $aRomanticism$7Generated by AI 615 0$aMarriage in literature 615 0$aRomanticism 676 $a823.010808 701 $aArthur Conan Doyle$01744076 701 $aRudyard Kipling$01744077 701 $aGeorge Gissing$01744078 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910164099403321 996 $aThe troubled marriage$94173908 997 $aUNINA