The Marrying AmericansPickle Partners Publishing, 27 feb 2018 - 279 pagina's A witty and fascinating account of nineteenth-century Anglo-American marriages—from the daughter of a Baltimore merchant who married Napoleon’s brother to the Baltimore lady who married Edward VIII... In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience...however, the American girl is always welcome. She brightens our dull dinner parties for us and makes life go pleasantly by for a season. In the race for coronets she often carries off the prize; but, once she has gained the victory, she is generous and forgives her English rivals everything, even their beauty. Warned by the example of her mother that American women do not grow old gracefully, she tries not to grow old at all and often succeeds. She has exquisite feet and hands, is always bien chaussée et bien gantée, and can talk brilliantly upon any subject, provided that she knows nothing about it. Her sense of humour keeps her from the tragedy of a grande passion, and, as there is neither romance nor humility in her love, she makes an excellent wife. What her ultimate influence on English life will be it is difficult to estimate at present; but there can be no doubt that, of all the factors that have contributed to the social revolution of London, there are few more important, and none more delightful, than the American Invasion. |
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CHAPTER 3An Eventful Union 31 | |
CHAPTER 4Marlboroughs and Millionaires 51 | |
CHAPTER 5Wives of a Viceroy 60 | |
CHAPTER 6Money for Fun 76 | |
CHAPTER 9Oscar Wilde Discourses 106 | |
CHAPTER 10A Misunderstanding 110 | |
CHAPTER 11Three Clever Women 116 | |
CHAPTER 12A RussoAmerican Alliance 125 | |
CHAPTER 13Sympathetic Matrimony 131 | |
CHAPTER 14Professorial and Parliamentary 145 | |
CHAPTER 15Managing a Genius 164 | |
CHAPTER 16A Producer Reproduced 178 | |
CHAPTER 7The Manchesters 85 | |
CHAPTER 8Love at First Sight 90 | |
CHAPTER 17Royal Romance 188 | |
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