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Don't Marry!: A Comically Annotated Guide to 19th-Century Matrimonial Mistakes
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Series: The Victorian Guide to Rigid Morality
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ISBN13: 9798276625287
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 29 2025
Pages: 90
Weight: 0.21
Height: 0.19 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 29 2025
Pages: 90
Weight: 0.21
Height: 0.19 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Love is Blind. The Law is Not.
In 1891, James W. Donovan wrote a book called Don't Marry. It wasn't a romance novel; it was a warning label.He warned against marrying flirts, debtors, complainers, and anyone with cold feet. He viewed marriage not as a sacrament, but as a high-risk contract with a 50% failure rate. Annotated by The Jaded Divorce Attorney, this edition treats Victorian courtship like a hostile corporate merger.
Learn how to avoid:
- The Fixer-Upper Why marrying a project is a bad investment.
- The Financial Liability: How to spot a suitor who is just looking for a loan.
- The In-Law Trap: Why living with his mother is a breach of contract.
- The Fatal Flaw Why that cute quirk will be grounds for divorce in five years.
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