Sketches of Young Couples

"The couple who dote upon their children have usually a great many of them (...) The children are either the healthiest in all the world, or the most unfortunate in existence. In either case, they are equally the theme of their doting parents, and equally a source of mental anguish and irritation to their doting parent's friends."

If you thought annoying couples was a thing of the present, think again! In this collection of short stories from 1840 you'll meet, among others, The Contradictory...