Project Gutenberg 2012-01-23 Public domain in the USA. 124 Anstey, F. 1856 1934 Guthrie, Thomas Anstey Love Among the Lions: A Matrimonial Experience Reading ease score: 66.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by David Clarke, Matthew Wheaton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Love Among the Lions: A Matrimonial Experience" by F. Anstey is a comedic novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows Theodore Blenkinsop, a bachelor who becomes hopelessly infatuated with a beautiful young woman named Lurana de Castro, the stepdaughter of a professor. As he navigates the challenges of his feelings and societal expectations, he finds himself embroiled in a peculiar plan to wed Lurana in a lion's cage, a notion that reflects both her desire for excitement and his romantic inclinations. The opening of the novel sets the stage for this romantic comedy, introducing Theodore as a tea merchant with limited ambitions who becomes enchanted by Lurana's beauty and fierce spirit. Through a series of humorous encounters, including his misguided venture into an elocution class in hopes of winning her favor, Theodore learns more about Lurana's complex character and her yearning for adventure. As their relationship unfolds, Lurana's audacious proposal to marry in a lion's cage emphasizes her desire to escape ordinary life, while Theodore's growing affection pushes him to entertain the eccentric idea, leading to a whirlwind of comedic potential and societal commentary. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Humorous stories London (England) -- Fiction Weddings -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 141391 141397 2024-10-16T10:03:56.594953 2023-09-17T04:47:02.633884 text/html text/html 138229 2021-01-08T11:39:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 385649 2021-01-08T11:39:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 479944 2024-10-16T10:04:03.967943 application/epub+zip 481459 2024-10-16T10:04:00.308911 application/epub+zip 120860 2024-10-16T10:03:58.933934 application/epub+zip 654782 2024-10-16T10:04:06.516915 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 638236 2024-10-16T10:04:03.055930 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 207502 2022-09-17T15:37:49.645012 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 119992 119766 2024-10-16T10:03:55.979952 2023-09-17T04:47:02.187873 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 119760 2021-01-08T11:39:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 47591 2021-01-08T11:39:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 119756 2021-01-08T11:39:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 47550 2021-01-08T11:39:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22375 2024-10-16T10:04:06.643901 application/rdf+xml 18771 2024-10-16T10:03:59.489924 image/jpeg 4061 2024-10-16T10:03:59.216929 image/jpeg 468136 2024-10-16T10:03:56.654952 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