“And who on earth after the daily experience we have can question the probability of a gentleman marrying anybody. How many of the wise and learned have married their cooks? Did not Lord Eldon himself, the most prudent of men, make a runaway match? Were not Achilles and Ajax both in love with their servantContinue reading “Passage of the Day: William Thackeray’s “Vanity Fair”: Marriage”
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