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Love and flight in a nineteenth century elopement
A first person reminiscence mixes romance and farce as a young man plans a midnight elopement with Janet Stoddard, bribes a sister, endures family uproar, abandons the plan, and ends up marrying Janet’s sister Fanny while Janet marries another. The tale blends affection, humor, and social observations.
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All Shire
Old Brown
Dr. Stoddard
Janet
Morpheus
Jagon Brown
Fanny
Thave
Fangprite
Lanet
Brown
Hoya
Jane
Charlie Stoddard
Jason
Sam
Harneas
Mrs. Stoddard
Black Molly
Lamy
Fanny Stoddard
Elvir
Glocester Gale
London Weekly Times
Gale
Jet
Aceeis