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Last Hours of a Single Gentleman

"Last Hours of a Single Gentleman." New-York Saturday Press. 27 Aug. 1859: 1.
Type: 
newspaper
Genre: 
short fiction
Abstract: 

Mr. Edward Pickney, a “rash” and “poor” youth, prepares through much food and alcoholic drink for his wedding to Mary Anne Gale. The narrator is sure to emphasize the dread surrounding a young man’s last hours of bachelorhood and the imprisonment marriage represents to men.