The Project Gutenberg EBook of Victorian Short Stories by Elizabeth Gaskell, et al.This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Victorian Short Stories Stories Of Successful MarriagesAuthor: Elizabeth Gaskell, et al.Release Date: March 4, 2005 [EBook #15252]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK VICTORIAN SHORT STORIES ***Produced by Juliet Sutherland, S.R.Ellison and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team.STORIES OF SUCCESSFUL MARRIAGESTHE MANCHESTER MARRIAGE Elizabeth GaskellA MERE INTERLUDE Thomas HardyA FAITHFUL HEART George MooreTHE SOLID GOLD REEF COMPANY, LIMITED Walter BesantTHE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE Henry JamesElizabeth GaskellTHE MANCHESTER MARRIAGE(Household Words, Christmas 1858)Mr and Mrs Openshaw came from Manchester to settle in London. He had been, what is called in Lancashire, asalesman for a large manufacturing firm, who were extending their business, and opening a warehouse in the city; whereMr Openshaw was now to superintend their affairs. He rather enjoyed the change; having a kind of curiosity aboutLondon, which he had never yet been able to gratify in his brief visits to the metropolis. At the same time, he had an odd,shrewd contempt for the inhabitants, whom he always pictured to himself as fine, ...
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