Feminine Perversity. From English Society. Sketched by George du Maurier. Click on image to enlarge it.
She-Gossip (alluding to newly-wedded pair).—“There go ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ as they are called! She would marry him. Her parents strongly opposed the match, as you may imagine.”
He-Gossip (who flatters himself that he understands the sex).—“By George! The parental opposition must have been strong to make her marry such a ruffian as that!”
Feminine Perversity inverts the situation in What Induced Him to Marry Her? in which a handsome man has married an unattractive home.
Selected du Maurier Cartoons on Courtship & Marriage
- Daylight Wisdom
- What Induced Him to Marry Her?
- Neighbourly Compliments
- Unconscious Cynicism
- Nous Avons Changé Tout Cela
- Things One Would Have Expressed Differently
- Love's Labour Lost
- Nemesis
- Caution
- The Mother of Invention
- Perils of Aesthetic Culture
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Bibliography
English Society. Sketched by George du Maurier. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1897.
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Last modified 2 May 2020