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What happens when a husband expects obedience and his wife refuses to make herself smaller?
Carinthia Jane grows up among mountains, far from the calculations of fashionable English society. Courageous, enduring, and direct, she judges people on her own terms. In George Meredith’s The Amazing Marriage, her union with the wealthy Earl of Fleetwood puts that independence under pressure.
Fleetwood is drawn to Carinthia, yet resents the claims marriage makes on his freedom. His wealth and social standing give his moods real force. Around them, others watch, advise, and judge. Among them is Gower Woodseer, a thoughtful young man whose perspective brings wealth and conduct into sharper focus.
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- Courage beyond convention Meet a mountain-raised heroine whose direct judgments challenge the expectations of fashionable society.
- Attraction meets obligation Follow the tension between Fleetwood’s desire for Carinthia and his resistance to marital claims.
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- Words tested by actions Explore shifting viewpoints and sharp encounters that expose gaps between self-image and behavior.
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Le Mariage extraordinaire
by George Meredith · 1895
Carinthia Jane marries the wealthy Earl of Fleetwood and faces a struggle to keep her dignity and independence.
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Carinthia Jane grows up among the mountains, far from the habits and calculations of fashionable English society. Her upbringing gives her physical courage, endurance, and a direct way of judging people. She enters the world of rank and wealth without treating its rules as natural laws. These qualities make her an unusual match for the Earl of Fleetwood, whose money and position allow him to act on impulses that other people must live with.
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What is The Amazing Marriage about?
The Amazing Marriage follows the troubled union of Carinthia Jane and the Earl of Fleetwood. Their conflict brings together a woman’s courage and self-respect with an aristocrat’s pride and resistance to obligation, asking whether marriage can survive such unequal power.
Who is Carinthia Jane?
Carinthia Jane is the novel’s central woman, shaped by a mountain upbringing rather than fashionable society. Her courage, endurance, and directness distinguish her from the people around her. Marriage tests these qualities without making her husband’s approval the measure of her worth.
Why does Fleetwood treat his marriage as a burden?
Fleetwood values his freedom and is accustomed to the advantages of wealth and rank. Marriage gives another person a legitimate claim on his conduct. His resistance exposes the gap between choosing a wife and accepting responsibility toward her.
The author
George Meredith
1828–1909 · English novelist and poet
George Meredith was a British novelist and poet born in Portsmouth, England, in 1828. He published his first poetry collection in 1851 and the novel The Amazing Marriage in 1895. He lived at Box Hill in Surrey from 1867 until his death in 1909.
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