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• This Passion Called Love (Auburn, NY: Authors' Press, c1925), by Elinor Glyn (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• How to Pick a Mate: The Guide to a Happy Marriage (New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1946), by Clifford R. Adams and Vance Packard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Emma : a novel : in three volumes / (London : Printed for John Murray, 1816), by Jane Austen (page images at HathiTrust)
• A woman ventures : a novel / (New York : Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1902), by David Graham Phillips and Frederick A. Stokes Company. pbl, illust. by William Hurlbut (page images at HathiTrust)
• Saracinesca. (N.Y. : Macmillan, 1893 c1887), by F. Marion Crawford (page images at HathiTrust)
• A midnight fantasy, and The little violinist. (Boston, J. R. Osgood and company, late Ticknor & Fields, and Fields, Osgood & co., 1877), by Thomas Bailey Aldrich (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wedlock, or, The right relations of the sexes : disclosing the laws of conjugal selection, and showing who may, and who may not marry / (New York : Fowler & Wells, 1888), by Samuel R. Wells (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Larkins wedding / (New York : Moffat, Yard and Company, 1905), by Alice McAlilly, Decorative Designers. bdd, J.F. Tapley Co. prt, and Yard and Company. pbl Moffat, illust. by J. M. H. Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Her wild oat / (Philadelphia : Dorrance & Company, c1921), by Earl Marion Seel, Pa.) prt Ferguson Press (Philadelphia, and Dorrance & Company. pbl (page images at HathiTrust)
• Out of bondage / (New York : Benziger Brothers, 1905), by Martin Holt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pride and prejudice / (London : J. M. Dent & Sons New York : E. P. Dutton, 1922), by Jane Austen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Whom to marry, or, All about love and matrimony / (London : Roxburghe Press, 1894), by Maud Wheeler (page images at HathiTrust)
• A house in discorder / (Philadelphia : Dorrance & Co., c1934), by Charles U. Becker (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Towards a unified theory of mixing and pair formation / (Ithaca, N.Y. : Dept. of Rural Sociology [New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences], 1990), by Stephen P. Blythe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cheerful homes how to get and keep them: or, counsels to those about to marry, and those who are married : a companion to "Happy homes and how to make them" / ([London] : Ward, Lock, and Co. ; London ; New York: 10, Bond Street : Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E.C., [1882]), by John William Kirton (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Chronicles of the Imp: A Romance (new and cheaper edition; London: S. Low, Marston and Co., 1915), by Jeffery Farnol (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Coelebs in Search of a Wife (New York: Derby and Jackson, 1859), by Hannah More (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Transformation of Philip Jettan (based on the 1923 edition published under Heyer's "Stella Martin" pseudonym), by Georgette Heyer, illust. by J. C. Leyendecker (Gutenberg text)
• Emma, by Jane Austen
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• Emma (based on the 1896 Macmillan edition), by Jane Austen, contrib. by Austin Dobson, illust. by Hugh Thomson (illustrated HTML with commentary at fiftywordsforsnow.com)
• Lady Susan, by Jane Austen
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• Old Friends and New Fancies: An Imaginary Sequel to the Novels of Jane Austen (London: Holden and Hardingham, 1913), by Sybil G. Brinton (Gutenberg text)
• The fortunes of Fifi, by Molly Elliot Seawell, illust. by Thure de Thulstrup (Gutenberg ebook)
• Neva's choice: A sequel to "Neva's three lovers", by Harriet Lewis (Gutenberg ebook)
• The principal girl, by J. C. Snaith (Gutenberg ebook)
• Ninth Avenue, by Maxwell Bodenheim (Gutenberg ebook)
• In the Garden of the Gods, by William MacLeod Raine, illust. by F. De Forest Schook (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Woman Ventures: A Novel, by David Graham Phillips, illust. by William J. Hurlbut (Gutenberg ebook)
• Priscilla of the Good Intent: A Romance of the Grey Fells, by Halliwell Sutcliffe (Gutenberg ebook)
• Red and Black, by Grace S. Richmond, illust. by Frances Rogers (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Annes, by Marion Ames Taggart, illust. by W. C. Nims (Gutenberg ebook)
• Gabrielle de Bergerac, by Henry James (Gutenberg ebook)
• Maid—To Order, by Hal Annas, illust. by W. E. Terry (Gutenberg ebook)
• Giannella, by Hugh Fraser (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Watsons: By Jane Austen, Concluded by L. Oulton, by Jane Austen and L. Oulton, contrib. by James Edward Austen-Leigh (Gutenberg ebook)
• Margaret Maliphant, by Alice Vansittart Strettel Carr (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Moth Decides: A Novel, by Edward Alden Jewell (Gutenberg ebook)
• Matchmaker, by Charles L. Fontenay, illust. by Wallace Wood (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Dim Lantern, by Temple Bailey, illust. by Coles Phillips (Gutenberg ebook)
• Burgo's Romance, by T. W. Speight (Gutenberg ebook)
• Bess of the Woods, by Warwick Deeping (Gutenberg ebook)
• Peter Paragon: A Tale of Youth, by John Palmer (Gutenberg ebook)
• Whitewash, by Horace Annesley Vachell (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Attic Guest: A Novel, by Robert E. Knowles (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Gates of Dawn, by Fergus Hume (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Rising Tide, by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland, illust. by F. Walter Taylor (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Clock and the Key, by A. H. Vesey (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Rose in June, by Mrs. Oliphant, illust. by George Du Maurier (Gutenberg ebook)
• Master and Maid, by L. Allen Harker (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Younger Sister: A Novel, Volumes 1-3, by Mrs. Hubback (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Younger Sister: A Novel, Vol. III., by Mrs. Hubback (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Younger Sister: A Novel, Vol. II., by Mrs. Hubback (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Younger Sister: A Novel, Vol. I., by Mrs. Hubback (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Study In Shadows, by William John Locke (Gutenberg ebook)
• Ombra, by Mrs. Oliphant (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Scratch Pack, by Dorothea Conyers (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Gray Eye or So. In Three Volumes—Volume I, II and III: Complete, by Frank Frankfort Moore (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Gray Eye or So. In Three Volumes—Volume III, by Frank Frankfort Moore (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Gray Eye or So. In Three Volumes—Volume II, by Frank Frankfort Moore (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Gray Eye or So. In Three Volumes—Volume I, by Frank Frankfort Moore (Gutenberg ebook)
• Venus is a Man's World, by William Tenn, illust. by Gene Fawcette (Gutenberg ebook)
• An Australian Girl, by Catherine Martin (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Marryers: A History Gathered from a Brief of the Honorable Socrates Potter, by Irving Bacheller (Gutenberg ebook)
• Patty's Perversities, by Arlo Bates (Gutenberg ebook)
• Her Lord and Master, by Martha Morton, contrib. by Victoria Morton, illust. by Howard Chandler Christy and Esther MacNamara (Gutenberg ebook)
• Infatuation, by Lloyd Osbourne, illust. by Karl Anderson (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Message, by Louis Tracy, illust. by Joseph Cummings Chase (Gutenberg ebook)
• Brothers: The True History of a Fight Against Odds, by Horace Annesley Vachell (Gutenberg ebook)
• Rich Man, Poor Man, by Maximilian Foster, illust. by Frederic Rodrigo Gruger (Gutenberg ebook)
• Talbot's Angles, by Amy Ella Blanchard (Gutenberg ebook)
• Lady Penelope, by Morley Roberts, illust. by Arthur William Brown (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Best Man, by Harold MacGrath, illust. by Will Grefé (Gutenberg ebook)
• Modern Flirtations: A Novel, by Catherine Sinclair (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Adventure of Princess Sylvia, by A. M. Williamson (Gutenberg ebook)
• Ralph Wilton's weird, by Mrs. Alexander (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Woman with One Hand, and Mr. Ely's Engagement, by Richard Marsh, illust. by Stanley L. Wood (Gutenberg ebook)
• Mary Seaham: A Novel. Volume 3 of 3, by Mrs. Grey (Gutenberg ebook)
• Mary Seaham: A Novel. Volume 2 of 3, by Mrs. Grey (Gutenberg ebook)
• Mary Seaham: A Novel. Volume 1 of 3, by Mrs. Grey (Gutenberg ebook)
• Rebecca's Promise, by Frances R. Sterrett, illust. by Edward C. Caswell (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Amazing Inheritance, by Frances R. Sterrett (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Hall and the Grange: A Novel, by Archibald Marshall (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Graftons: A Novel, by Archibald Marshall (Gutenberg ebook)
• Io cerco moglie! Romanzo (in Italian), by Alfredo Panzini (Gutenberg ebook)
• Raison et sensibilité, ou les deux manières d'aimer (Tome 4) (in French), by Jane Austen, trans. by Isabelle de Montolieu (Gutenberg ebook)
• Tiny Luttrell, by E. W. Hornung (Gutenberg ebook)
• Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline: A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life, by Nathaniel Conklin (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Girl From His Town, by Marie Van Vorst, illust. by F. Graham Cootes (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Heart's Country, by Mary Heaton Vorse, illust. by Alice Barber Stephens (Gutenberg ebook)
• Airy Fairy Lilian, by Duchess (Gutenberg ebook)
• Raison et sensibilité, ou les deux manières d'aimer (Tome 3) (in French), by Jane Austen, trans. by Isabelle de Montolieu (Gutenberg ebook)
• Raison et sensibilité, ou les deux manières d'aimer (Tome 2) (in French), by Jane Austen, trans. by Isabelle de Montolieu (Gutenberg ebook)
• Raison et sensibilité, ou les deux manières d'aimer (Tome 1) (in French), by Jane Austen, trans. by Isabelle de Montolieu (Gutenberg ebook)
• The New Warden, by David G. Ritchie (Gutenberg ebook)
• Coelebs In Search of a Wife, by Hannah More (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Squire's Daughter: Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons, by Archibald Marshall (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Wooing of Calvin Parks, by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Innocent Adventuress, by Mary Hastings Bradley (Gutenberg ebook)
• Gevoel en verstand (in Dutch), by Jane Austen, trans. by Gonne Loman-van Uildriks (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Midnight Fantasy, by Thomas Bailey Aldrich (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Ffolliots of Redmarley, by L. Allen Harker (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Beauty Of The Village, by Mary Russell Mitford (Gutenberg ebook)
• Jane Journeys On, by Ruth Comfort Mitchell (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Return of the Native, by Thomas Hardy (Gutenberg ebook)

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