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Page 45
... young Dickens to meet eligible young women had evidently been rather limited . That he was impatient to get married , nevertheless , is proved by his announcing his serious intentions to three girls in close succession . The second of ...
... young Dickens to meet eligible young women had evidently been rather limited . That he was impatient to get married , nevertheless , is proved by his announcing his serious intentions to three girls in close succession . The second of ...
Page 46
... young man to his house . There Dickens found two attractive daughters , and he mar- ried the elder , Catherine , who was twenty . But the other daughter , Mary , though too young for him to marry - she was only fifteen when he met her ...
... young man to his house . There Dickens found two attractive daughters , and he mar- ried the elder , Catherine , who was twenty . But the other daughter , Mary , though too young for him to marry - she was only fifteen when he met her ...
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... young American now appears in a seriously damaged condi- tion : he has somehow been incapacitated sexually through wounds received in the war . He is in love with one of those international sirens who flourished in the cafés of the post ...
... young American now appears in a seriously damaged condi- tion : he has somehow been incapacitated sexually through wounds received in the war . He is in love with one of those international sirens who flourished in the cafés of the post ...
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