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Love & Society

Courtship, consequence and the long view.

The marriage plot was never only about marriage: it was the sharpest instrument the age had for examining money, class, and the narrow room a woman was given in which to decide her own life. These novels are far tougher-minded than their reputation suggests.

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  1. I Faithful Margaret Mrs. J. M. Simpson
  2. II Doctor Cupid Rhoda Broughton
  3. III A Speckled Bird Augusta J. Evans
  4. IV Little Novels of Italy Maurice Hewlett
  5. V Madame Flirt Charles Edward Pearce
  6. VI Marguerite Verne Rebecca Agatha Armour
  7. VII Barriers Burned Away Edward Payson Roe
  8. VIII Dora Deane Mary Jane Holmes
  9. IX The Young Step-Mother Charlotte M. Yonge
  10. X Winding Paths Gertrude Page
  11. XI An Original Belle Edward Payson Roe
  12. XII Without a Home Edward Payson Roe
  13. XIII The Point of View Elinor Glyn
  14. XIV Their Mariposa Legend Charlotte B. Herr
  15. XV The Long Vacation Charlotte M. Yonge
  16. XVI Henrietta's Wish Charlotte M. Yonge
  17. XVII Undertow Kathleen Thompson Norris
  18. XVIII The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne William John Locke
  19. XIX Lady Hester Charlotte M. Yonge
  20. XX St. Elmo Augusta J. Evans
  21. XXI Madame de Treymes Edith Wharton
  22. XXII My Young Alcides Charlotte M. Yonge
  23. XXIII The Lamp of Fate Margaret Pedler
  24. XXIV To-Morrow? Victoria Cross
  25. XXV East Lynne Mrs. Henry Wood
  26. XXVI The Clever Woman of the Family Charlotte M. Yonge
  27. XXVII Red Pepper Burns Grace S. Richmond
  28. XXVIII The Heir of Redclyffe Charlotte M. Yonge
  29. XXIX He Fell in Love with His Wife Edward Payson Roe
  30. XXX Paul and Virginia Bernardin de Saint-Pierre
  31. XXXI Mae Madden Mary Murdoch Mason
  32. XXXII Camille Alexandre Dumas fils
  33. XXXIII A Master's Degree Margaret Hill McCarter
  34. XXXIV Lady Susan Jane Austen
  35. XXXV The Man Between Amelia E. Barr
  36. XXXVI The Age of Innocence Edith Wharton
  37. XXXVII Ann Veronica H. G. Wells
  38. XXXVIII Manon Lescaut Abbé Prévost
  39. XXXIX The Princess of Cleves Madame de La Fayette
  40. XL The Quest of the Golden Girl Richard Le Gallienne
  41. XLI The Princess Aline Richard Harding Davis
  42. XLII The Reef Edith Wharton
  43. XLIII Charlotte Temple Susanna Rowson
  44. XLIV The Cardinal's Snuff-Box Henry Harland
  45. XLV The Glimpses of the Moon Edith Wharton
  46. XLVI Miss Billy's Decision Eleanor H. Porter
  47. XLVII Miss Billy—Married Eleanor H. Porter
  48. XLVIII The Harvester Gene Stratton-Porter
  49. XLIX Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen
  50. L Emma Jane Austen
  51. LI Mansfield Park Jane Austen
  52. LII Northanger Abbey Jane Austen
  53. LIII Persuasion Jane Austen