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The daughters of wealthy 19th-century industrialists, who were able to inherit large amounts of money and property, were given "dowries" by their fathers to marry European aristocrats who held a title but had little wealth. The mutual exchange of title and wealth raised the status of both bride and groom.
Father of the Bride is a novel by American author Edward Streeter, first published in 1949. The book humorously explores the trials and tribulations of a father coming to terms with his daughter's impending wedding.
For instance, the widespread motif of a father who wishes to marry his own daughter—appearing in such tales as Allerleirauh, Donkeyskin, The King who Wished to Marry His Daughter, and The She-Bear—has been explained as his wish to prolong his reign, which he would lose after his wife's death to his son-in-law. [120]
The book begins when Anthony decides it’s practical to marry — but he doesn’t want to fall in love, knowing the pain his mother faced when she lost her husband. He decides, quite practically ...
Wives and Daughters, An Every-Day Story is a novel by English author Elizabeth Gaskell, first published in the Cornhill Magazine as a serial from August 1864 to January 1866. It was partly written whilst Gaskell was staying with the salon hostess Mary Elizabeth Mohl at her home on the Rue de Bac in Paris. [ 1 ]
Mr. and Mrs Bennet by Hugh Thomson, 1894. Mr Bennet, the patriarch of the Bennet family, is a landed gentleman.He is married to Mrs Bennet, the daughter of a Meryton attorney, the late Mr Gardiner Sr. [8] Together they have five daughters: Jane, Elizabeth ("Lizzy"), Mary, Catherine ("Kitty"), and Lydia.
The 28-year-old, who has a two-year-old daughter named Sarai, released the new book called “Bathtime with Rai,” which is about the bond between father and daughter, NBC News reported. “I ...
In his 1987 guide to folktales, folklorist D. L. Ashliman classified the tale, according to the international Aarne-Thompson Index, as type AaTh 510B, "A King Tries To Marry His Daughter", [3] thus related to French tale Donkeyskin, by Charles Perrault, and other variants, such as Allerleirauh, Cap O' Rushes, Mossycoat, The Bear, and The She-Bear.