Women, Children, Love, and Marriage

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Women, Children, Love, and Marriage

by C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley

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WOMEN, CHILDREN, LOVE AND MARRIAGE

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A spirited collection of essays, this work dives into the everyday myths and expectations that shape our lives. The author begins by confronting the way women are lumped together—often likened to cats—to explore how such sweeping judgments obscure individual humanity. With humor and candor, she unpacks the tension between societal labels and the nuanced realities of each person, urging readers to look beyond stereotypes.

The later sections turn the lens toward children, love, and marriage, weaving together personal reflection and a broader moral call. Central to the narrative is a belief in inter‑generational responsibility: the older owe a debt to the young, and kindness toward the vulnerable is non‑negotiable. Through lively prose and thoughtful anecdotes, the essays invite listeners to reconsider accepted norms, offering both a critique of the past and a hopeful vision for more compassionate connections.

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en

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~5 hours (307K characters)

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2020-11-27

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley

C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley

1867–1928

A lively early 20th-century writer who moved from art and travel writing into bold books on women, marriage, motherhood, and social change. Her work often set out to question accepted ideas and make big debates feel immediate and readable.

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