Project Gutenberg 2005-03-16 Public domain in the USA. 1386 Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck) 1836 1911 Gilbert, William Schwenck, Sir Crackanthorpe, Hubert 1870 1896 Crackanthorpe, Hubert Montague Egerton, George 1859 1945 Bright, Mary Chavelita Dunne Dunne, Mary Chavelita Clairmonte, Mary Chavelita Trollope, Anthony 1815 1882 Zangwill, Israel 1864 1926 Zangwill, I. (Israel) Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Courtship Angela, an Inverted Love Story, by William Schwenk Gilbert -- The Parson's Daughter of Oxney Colne, by Anthony Trollope -- Anthony Garstin's Courtship, by Hubert Crackanthorpe -- A Little Grey Glove, by George Egerton Bright -- The Woman Beater, by Israel Zangwill. E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Courtship" by W. S. Gilbert et al. is a collection of romantic tales written in the late 19th century. This anthology explores various aspects of courtship, featuring characters from different walks of life navigating the intricacies of love and social expectations. The stories highlight the trials and tribulations faced by the protagonists as they grapple with their feelings, societal norms, and personal dilemmas. The opening of the collection introduces "Angela: An Inverted Love Story" by William Schwenk Gilbert. It centers around a paralyzed man who spends years observing a young woman named Angela from his window in Venice, developing a romantic connection through inverted reflections in the canal below. Their relationship unfolds through a playful exchange of flowers, symbolizing a budding yet innocent courtship. However, the story takes a poignant turn when the man learns that Angela is engaged to her brother, ultimately revealing that his feelings were reciprocated in a context of sympathy rather than romantic love. This setup not only sets the tone for the romantic theme of the collection but also foreshadows the complexities of love and longing that are present in courtship narratives. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Short stories Courtship -- Fiction PR Text Short Stories Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Short Stories Category: Romance Category: British Literature 260299 2025-06-06T13:15:24.416223 text/html 254429 2020-12-14T07:53:03 text/html 161978 2025-06-06T13:15:30.701196 application/epub+zip 163863 2025-06-06T13:15:26.590211 application/epub+zip 163864 2025-06-06T13:15:25.231242 application/epub+zip 326103 2025-06-06T13:15:33.721169 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 311018 2025-06-06T13:15:29.839206 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 260908 2022-09-07T21:28:35.954270 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 222702 2025-06-06T13:15:23.868220 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 222152 2020-12-14T07:53:03 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 86667 2020-12-14T07:53:03 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 222159 2020-12-14T07:53:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 86655 2020-12-14T07:53:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23973 2025-06-06T13:15:33.903157 application/rdf+xml 13365 2025-06-06T13:15:25.806220 image/jpeg 3009 2025-06-06T13:15:25.514245 image/jpeg 90412 2020-12-14T07:53:03 application/octet-stream application/zip 158023 2025-06-06T13:15:24.438234 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia