Courtship Fiction Books
Belles and Ringers
Hawley SmartBelles and Ringers is a courtship fiction written by Henry Hawley Smart, who was an English army officer and novelist, who wrote as Capt. Hawley Smart. He was praised for his realistic racing and hunt..
Love Me Little, Love Me Long
Charles ReadeLove Me Little, Love Me Long is a fiction novel written by Charles Reade, an English novelist and dramatist, best known for The Cloister and the Hearth...
The Egoist - A Comedy in Narrative
George MeredithThe Egoist is a tragicomical novel by George Meredith, an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times. The novel recounts the story o..
The Rivals - A Comedy
Richard Brinsley SheridanThe Rivals is a comedy of manners by Richard Brinsley Sheridan in five acts which was first performed at Covent Garden Theatre on 17 January 1775. The story has been updated in numerous adaptions, inc..
Geoffrey Strong
Laura Elizabeth Howe RichardsGeoffrey Strong is a courtship fiction story written by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards, an American writer, poet whose other works include "Captain January," "Melody," "Marie," etc.Excerpts:It certainl..
Gullible's Travels
Ring LardnerGullible's Travels is a humorous story written by Ring Lardner, an American sports columnist and short-story writer best known for his satirical writings on sports, marriage, and the theatre..
Our Mr. Wrenn - The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man
Sinclair LewisThe ticket-taker of the Nickelorion Moving-Picture Show is a public personage, who stands out on Fourteenth Street, New York, wearing a gorgeous light-blue coat of numerous brass buttons. He nods to a..
A Woman Ventures
David Graham PhillipsMr. Bromfield was not a “family man.” He had left his wife and home first to the neglect of servants, and afterward to the care of his daughter. As Emily grew older and able to judge his life-failure,..