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You will love this if you enjoy short stories about courtship, gentle comedy and quiet feeling, and like meeting several voices in one sitting.
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What would you do if the person you loved appeared only upside down? In the first tale of this collection, a paralyzed Englishman in Venice faces just that. He watches a young seamstress in the reflection of a canal and courts her with flowers thrown onto the water.
Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Courtship gathers five tales of love and manners by different writers, including Anthony Trollope, George Egerton and Israel Zangwill. They belong to the late Victorian years, when courtship came with rules about rank, money and reputation.
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- 1A reflection in a canal begins a courtshipFree
- 2Patience Woolsworthy rules her small Devon world
- 3A proud woman will not be bought by rank
- 4A silent shepherd farmer loves the parson's niece
- 5A hard bargain is struck on the fell
- 6A fisherman in gray hooks more than a trout
- 7A poet learns what a husband's blows really mean
- 8Every courtship here weighs love against something else
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A reflection in a canal begins a courtship
The collection opens with a tale told by a poor, paralyzed man in Venice. He lies in a small room beside a side canal. He lives on about thirty pounds a year and paints watercolors of flowers and fruit. His only window shows him the reflection of the house opposite, upside down.
Six years ago he noticed in that reflection a girl of about thirteen, sewing on a balcony beside her invalid mother. As she grows into a young woman, he weaves a small romance around her. One day he dares to nod at her reflection, and the reflection nods back.
Then comes the language of flowers. Each morning and evening he throws one into the canal, and she throws hers to join it. When the two float away together, she claps. When she kisses her crucifix, he kisses his own small silver one, so she knows they share a faith.
Worry follows. Her mother dies, and for many days the flowers stop. When illness keeps him in bed for three weeks, he lies awake planning how to tell her he has not gone away.
A courtship of signs can feel as real as one of speeches.
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What is Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Courtship about?
It gathers five short Victorian stories about courtship, each by a different writer. They cover a Venetian invalid, a Devon parson's daughter, a Cumberland farm romance, a fisherman in Kent and a poet at Oxford, all concerned with rank, money and honesty.
Who wrote the stories in this collection?
The Parson's Daughter of Oxney Colne is by Anthony Trollope, A Little Grey Glove by George Egerton, and The Woman Beater by Israel Zangwill. The Venetian story, Angela, has no author credited, and this volume likewise presents the Garstin story without naming its writer.
Who are Patience Woolsworthy and Captain Broughton?
Patience is the strong-willed daughter of a Devon parson, and Captain John Broughton is a fashionable Londoner who visits his aunt, Miss Le Smyrger. Their courtship drives Trollope's story and tests how love and social rank balance.
Are these stories easy to read?
Yes, in the sense that they are short and tell clear stories, each with a lively voice. Some are told in the first person, some by a chatty narrator, and each focuses on a single courtship you can follow in one sitting.
What do the stories have in common?
Each is about courtship in Victorian society, where rank, reputation, money and family weigh on love. Each uses small objects and scenes, such as flowers, a glove or a bouquet, to show what the people feel but do not say.
Cite this edition
Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Courtship. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/victorian-short-stories-stories-of-courtship.
Victorian short stories: Stories of courtship. (2026). Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/victorian-short-stories-stories-of-courtship
Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Courtship. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/victorian-short-stories-stories-of-courtship.
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