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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Marriage and Economics

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg)  | Themes: gender inequality, economic dependency, familial expectations, marriage pressures  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-03-16

Each daughter can claim an income of £ 250, in case of marriage. It is evident, therefore, that if both girls had married, this beauty would have had ...