Project Gutenberg 2005-03-16 Public domain in the USA. 765 Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck) 1836 1911 Gilbert, William Schwenck, Sir Crackanthorpe, Hubert 1870 1896 Crackanthorpe, Hubert Montague Egerton, George 1859 1945 Bright, Mary Chavelita Dunne Dunne, Mary Chavelita Clairmonte, Mary Chavelita Trollope, Anthony 1815 1882 Zangwill, Israel 1864 1926 Zangwill, I. (Israel) Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Courtship Reading ease score: 79.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Angela, an Inverted Love Story, by William Schwenk Gilbert -- The Parson's Daughter of Oxney Colne, by Anthony Trollope -- Anthony Garstin's Courtship, by Hubert Crackanthorpe -- A Little Grey Glove, by George Egerton Bright -- The Woman Beater, by Israel Zangwill. E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Courtship" by W. S. Gilbert et al. is a collection of romantic tales written in the late 19th century. This anthology explores various aspects of courtship, featuring characters from different walks of life navigating the intricacies of love and social expectations. The stories highlight the trials and tribulations faced by the protagonists as they grapple with their feelings, societal norms, and personal dilemmas. The opening of the collection introduces "Angela: An Inverted Love Story" by William Schwenk Gilbert. It centers around a paralyzed man who spends years observing a young woman named Angela from his window in Venice, developing a romantic connection through inverted reflections in the canal below. Their relationship unfolds through a playful exchange of flowers, symbolizing a budding yet innocent courtship. However, the story takes a poignant turn when the man learns that Angela is engaged to her brother, ultimately revealing that his feelings were reciprocated in a context of sympathy rather than romantic love. This setup not only sets the tone for the romantic theme of the collection but also foreshadows the complexities of love and longing that are present in courtship narratives. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories Courtship -- Fiction PR Text Short Stories Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 260196 260197 2024-10-07T05:19:00.338975 2023-09-07T07:03:35.109774 text/html text/html 254429 2020-12-14T07:53:03 text/html 161914 2024-10-07T05:19:06.465975 application/epub+zip 163876 2024-10-07T05:19:02.499955 application/epub+zip 163876 2024-10-07T05:19:01.163958 application/epub+zip 326137 2024-10-07T05:19:09.387941 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 311018 2024-10-07T05:19:05.641948 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 260908 2022-09-07T21:28:35.954270 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 222702 222543 2024-10-07T05:18:59.773990 2023-09-07T07:03:34.633773 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 222152 2020-12-14T07:53:03 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 86667 2020-12-14T07:53:03 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 222159 2020-12-14T07:53:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 86655 2020-12-14T07:53:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 24967 2024-10-07T05:19:09.597910 application/rdf+xml 13365 2024-10-07T05:19:01.755966 image/jpeg 3009 2024-10-07T05:19:01.442955 image/jpeg 90412 2020-12-14T07:53:03 application/octet-stream application/zip 157986 2024-10-07T05:19:00.360990 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia