Project Gutenberg 2014-05-10 Public domain in the USA. 385 Zangwill, Israel 1864 1926 Zangwill, I. (Israel) Townsend, F. H. (Frederick Henry) 1868 1920 Townsend, Frederick Henry Townsend, F.H. The Old Maids' Club The algebra of love, plus other things -- The honorary trier -- The man in the ironed mask -- The club gets advertised -- The princess of Portman Square -- The grammar of love -- The idyl of Trepolpen -- More about the cherub -- Of wives and their mistresses -- The good young men who lived -- Adventures in search of the Pole -- The arithmetic and physiology of love -- "The English Shakespeare" -- The old young woman and the new -- The mysterious advertiser -- The culb becomes popular -- A musical bar -- The beautiful ghoul -- La femme incomprise -- The inaugural soirée. E-text prepared by David Edwards, Ernest Schaal, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by the Google Books Library Project (http://books.google.com) "The Old Maids' Club" by Israel Zangwill is a comedic novel written in the late 19th century. The book centers around Lillie Dulcimer, a precocious and intelligent young woman who, frustrated by her father's attempts to marry her off, founds a club to redefine the concept of "Old Maid" and to attract like-minded, independent women. Through Lillie and the club's humorous by-laws, the story explores the themes of love, societal expectations, and female empowerment. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Lillie Dulcimer, who is characterized by her sharp wit and strong will. After the passing of her mother, Lillie firmly refuses her father's pressure to marry, insisting that she will not settle for any man who does not love her in return. In her frustration, she establishes the Old Maids' Club, designed for young, wealthy, and beautiful women who have spurned marriage offers. The narrative unfolds with Lillie's charming eccentricity as she devises rules to promote an anti-marriage ideology while simultaneously attracting potential members, including the club's first guest, Lord Silverdale, who becomes entangled with the club's mission. This opening portion sets the stage for a humorous exploration of relationships, societal norms, and the quest for self-identity among women. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45623/45623-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 74.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Humorous stories Single women -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Marriage -- Fiction PR Text Category: Humour Category: Novels Category: British Literature 614498 2025-07-18T11:54:52.002057 text/html 633256 2024-10-24T07:12:53 text/html 5700044 2025-07-18T11:55:01.966964 application/epub+zip 5708231 2025-07-18T11:54:54.011010 application/epub+zip 301925 2025-07-18T11:54:52.968063 application/epub+zip 5887692 2025-07-18T11:55:07.458956 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 5871441 2025-07-18T11:55:00.719002 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 471410 2022-09-20T19:01:17.014154 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 515481 2025-07-18T11:54:50.354015 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 495526 2024-10-24T07:12:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19684 2025-07-18T11:55:07.612957 application/rdf+xml 26049 2025-07-18T11:54:53.112996 image/jpeg 3644 2025-07-18T11:54:53.055044 image/jpeg 5653117 2025-07-18T11:54:52.175047 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