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A proud nineteen-year-old heiress accepts a friend's love, and a secret he will not share starts to shadow the marriage.

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初版刊行年: 1853by ダイナ・マリア・マロック・クレイク

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アガサの夫 in short

Agatha's Husband is the story of a hasty marriage and the work of making it real. Agatha Bowen, young, rich, and lonely, accepts the love of Nathanael Harper out of respect and need. He keeps a painful secret, and she, proud and quick, cannot forgive being kept outside it.

What アガサの夫 is about

Agatha Bowen is nineteen, rich, and alone in a London boarding house, with a black kitten for company and no one to ask her where she is going. Within weeks she is a bride, and within months she discovers how much mystery can lie behind her quiet husband's reserved manner.

Agatha's Husband was written by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik. It follows a marriage from its hurried start through its first painful year. The title comes from Nathanael Harper's joke that he is only a secondary figure, Agatha's Husband. You get a warm story and a cast you will remember, and it begins in a drawing room where two friends are busy finding Agatha a husband.

対象読者. Readers who enjoy Victorian domestic fiction, lively family circles, and a spirited heroine's gradual education will love this book. It suits those drawn to marriage stories of secrets, pride, and loyalty.

The story in 11 parts

Key idea 1 · free to read
Agatha Bowen, nineteen and quite alone
The story opens in a London drawing room in Bedford Square. Agatha lives there as a boarder. Her father, a merchant, died at sea, and she has never known a mother, a sister, or a brother.
Two married friends spend an afternoon trying to find her a husband. Agatha laughs at them and hugs her black kitten. She is quick, blunt, and does not trouble to hide her temper.
That evening two brothers come to dinner. Major Frederick Harper is her trustee, handsome, and a brilliant talker, and everyone adores him. His younger brother Nathanael has just come home from fifteen years in Canada, and she dismisses him as a pale, quiet boy. She is wrong about his depth, as the room soon sees.
Loneliness can make a person trust the first warm voice she hears.
2
A rescue at the bears changes everything
A few mornings later, bored and restless, Agatha visits her friend Emma Thornycroft, who talks of nothing but babies.
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3
A careless remark wounds her pride
Weeks pass, and Nathanael goes away to Dorsetshire.
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4
She accepts a love she does not feel
Agatha sleeps badly and thinks for days.
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5
Anne Valery enters, and the date is fixed
One evening Nathanael brings a visitor to Agatha's sitting room.
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6
A wedding day under a shadow
The wedding is at Bloomsbury Church on a close, stormy morning.
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Kingcombe Holm and a house full of characters
The couple travel to Kingcombe Holm, the old manor where the Harpers have lived for centuries.
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8
Cottages, miners, and a cruel accusation
Nathanael takes a position as steward to Anne Valery, who owns half of nearby Kingcombe.
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9
Anne Valery shows what faithful love can be
Through all these troubles, Anne Valery stands like a lamp in a dark house.
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10
Pride, trust, and the power of silence
The central question of the novel is whether love can live where trust is missing.
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How the story is told, and what to watch for
The author tells the story in a warm, wry voice that often steps in to comment.
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Characters, plot and themes

Main characters

Agatha Bowen A spirited, proud nineteen-year-old heiress who longs for family and a place of her own, and who must learn to trust.
Nathanael Locke Harper A quiet, fair young man raised in Canada, who loves Agatha deeply and keeps a painful secret he feels bound to guard.
Major Frederick Harper Nathanael's handsome elder brother and Agatha's trustee, a charming talker who dreads any hard truth.
Anne Valery A gentle, wise friend of the Harper family, loved by all, who believes in a steadfast, faithful love.
Uncle Brian Nathanael's uncle, who raised him in Canada and who lives far away, proud, poor, and cut off from his old home.
Harriet Dugdale Nathanael's lively, frank sister, who loves her children and her dreamy husband and speaks her mind to everyone.
Marmaduke Dugdale Harrie's absent-minded, kindly husband, a dreamy man who reads books on mechanics and loves his four children.
Emma Thornycroft Agatha's old friend, a devoted mother and wife, who loves to arrange other people's lives and talks too freely.

How it ends (spoiler)

Nathanael and Uncle Brian survive a burning ship and are carried home, while Agatha, who has learned how deeply she loves her husband, is given him back. She and Nathanael forgive each other and begin a life of honest work. Anne Valery, long ill, meets Brian again after twenty-five years on Christmas night, and her quiet life closes in peace.

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『アガサの夫』についての質問

What is Agatha's Husband about?

It follows Agatha Bowen, a young heiress in Victorian England, who marries the quiet Nathanael Harper after a short engagement. The marriage is tested by his secrets, her pride, and a family with its own troubles.

Who is Anne Valery?

Anne Valery is a gentle, wise friend of the Harper family who lives near Kingcombe in Dorsetshire. She guides Agatha, gives the book its clearest speeches on faithful love, and carries a quiet history of her own.

Why is the book called Agatha's Husband?

The title comes from a joke Nathanael makes when he says that, living on his wife's wealth, he is only a secondary figure, Agatha's Husband. The phrase points to the book's questions about money, pride, and equality in marriage.

When was Agatha's Husband written and is it a true story?

It is a work of fiction by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik, written in the nineteenth century. The setting is real, with London and the Dorset coast, and places like Corfe Castle and Weymouth appear, but the characters are invented.

Is Agatha's Husband easy to follow?

Yes, in the sense that matters: it has a clear plot, short scenes, and lively talk. The characters are vivid, the family scenes are funny, and the author's warm asides guide the reader through each stage of the marriage.

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Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock. Agatha's Husband. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/agathas-husband.

Craik, D. M. M. (2026). Agatha's husband. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/agathas-husband (Original work published 1853)

Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock. Agatha's Husband. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/agathas-husband.

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  author = {Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock},
  title = {Agatha's Husband},
  publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/agathas-husband},
  note = {First published 1853}
}