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A marrying man

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A young woman returns to an empty London house after an impulsive Alpine adventure with a younger man; she relives their mistaken detour to a mountain inn, the prolonged shared days that became intimacy, and the uneasy shift back to routine. The narrative moves between vivid travel episodes and domestic stillness, tracing her practical control during the journey, the admiration that accompanied their companionship, and her deliberate preservation of the experience as memory. Themes include the tension between desire and duty, the shaping of identity by fleeting romance, and social expectations around age and womanhood.

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Title: A marrying man

Author: G. B. Stern

Release date: October 18, 2024 [eBook #74598]

Language: English

Original publication: London: Nisbet & Co, 1918

Credits: MWS, Mary Meehan 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)

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A MARRYING MAN ***

A MARRYING MAN

BY G. B. STERN

London
NISBET & CO. LTD.
22 BERNERS STREET, W.

First Published in 1918

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

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SEE-SAW
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TO
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CONTENTS

PART I
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
 
PART II
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
 
PART III
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
 
PART IV
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV

A MARRYING MAN