Project Gutenberg 2005-04-30 Public domain in the USA. 270 Edginton, May 1883 1957 Edington, May Edginton, Helen Marion Married life; $b or, The true romance E-text prepared by David Garcia, an anonymous volunteer, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Married Life; or, The True Romance" by May Edginton is a novel written in the early 20th century. The book centers around the lives of young couple Marie and Osborn Kerr as they prepare for and navigate the realities of marriage. Through the lens of their anticipation, dreams, and the stark differences between romantic expectations and domestic realities, the narrative explores themes of love, disillusionment, and the complexity of modern relationships. At the start of the story, we are introduced to Marie, who is eagerly preparing her trousseau for her upcoming wedding to Osborn. Alongside her friend Julia, who holds a more pragmatic view of marriage, Marie's excitement contrasts sharply with Julia's skepticism about the domestic burdens of married life. As Marie dreams of a fairytale marriage, Julia highlights the everyday challenges that await them. Their initial conversations are laced with humor and insight, foreshadowing the struggles Marie will face as she transitions from the carefree life of a single woman to the responsibilities of a wife. The chapters deftly illustrate the vibrant hopes and naive illusions of youth against the somber realities of marital duties, laying the groundwork for the personal growth of the characters as they embark on their shared life together. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Married people -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Romance Category: Novels Category: British Literature 563708 2025-06-07T04:13:15.522367 text/html 588795 2020-12-14T11:02:33 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 223169 2020-12-14T11:02:33 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 297721 2025-06-07T04:13:26.707831 application/epub+zip 305964 2025-06-07T04:13:18.926345 application/epub+zip 279989 2025-06-07T04:13:17.392354 application/epub+zip 516501 2025-06-07T04:13:32.357762 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 490286 2025-06-07T04:13:25.764808 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 440221 2022-08-07T11:18:39.053461 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 517237 2025-06-07T04:13:12.787376 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 516929 2020-12-14T11:02:33 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 199009 2020-12-14T11:02:33 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 516937 2020-12-14T11:02:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 198976 2020-12-14T11:02:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20349 2025-06-07T04:13:32.511780 application/rdf+xml 11288 2025-06-07T04:13:18.019333 image/jpeg 2822 2025-06-07T04:13:17.724336 image/jpeg 291233 2025-06-07T04:13:15.576339 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