Regency period
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Written in the Prayer Book; Or, Reasons to Enter the Married State
In Book IX of Laurence Sterne’s novel Tristram Shandy, Tristram’s uncle Toby declares his love to the widowed Mrs. Wadman. But the widow has some questions for him: The cares and disquietudes of the marriage state, quoth Mrs. Wadman, are very… Continue reading
