A complete issue · 90 pages · 1893
The Argosy, Vol. 56
A complete, restored issue of Pulp Fiction from 1893 — all 90 pages of painted-cover fiction magazines that launched science fiction, horror, and hardboiled crime, free to page through at ComicBooks.com.
A complete issue · 90 pages · 1893
This is Chapter XXX and the beginning of Chapter XXXI of a novel titled Mr. Warrenne, serialized in what appears to be a nineteenth-century periodical. The narrative follows the domestic life of the Warrenne family after Alice's marriage to Captain Dick Scudamore. Maud Warrenne, Alice's sister, experiences a shift in her sense of importance following Alice's new social position. The chapter centers on a garden conversation between Maud and Mrs. Creswick about romance and character, touching on Mr. Courtenay's engagement to Miss Florence Reynolds, which Maud suspects resulted from pique rather than genuine love. The women debate the moral foundations of marriage and the nature of male trustworthiness. Chapter XXXI opens with Mr. Warrenne called to attend the ailing Mrs. Digby while Maud visits the Woodlands, where Alice and Captain Scudamore are observed together feeding pigeons.
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