How Men Propose : The Fateful Question and Its Answer : Love Stories from Popular Works of Fiction
London: T Fisher Unwin, 1890.
Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Item #14765
2" front edge tear at spine tail, 2" rear edge tear at spine head, corners rubbed, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; "This volume presents a collection of extracs from the works of prominent novelists, showing the many and various ways in which they treat the marriage proposal. ... it is chiefly writers of the more recent school of fiction, in England and America, who have found in the marriage proposal a fond subject for the exercise of their literary skill." - Preface. Contents: The youthful proposal; The vicarious proposal; The humble proposal; The pompous proposal; The successful proposal; The unsuccessful proposal; The resultless proposal; The renewed proposal.; xvi, 343 pages.
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