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Posted on Feb 18, 2017

If 19th Century Novels Had Clickbait Titles

Ever wonder what classic authors' titles would have been if they had to rely on clicks?

by Shannon Luders-Manuel

Community Contributor

If 19th Century Novels Had Clickbait Titles

1. I Realized I Loved My Aging Brother-in-Law Once My Best Friend Fell For Him

2. I Didn’t Approve of My Sister’s Boring Suitor Until My Own Boring Suitor Nursed Me Back to Health

3. I Caught My Fiancé Cheating on Me With the Sister of the Man I Really Loved

4. I Turned Down My Love Interest’s Marriage Proposal and Said Yes Years Later When He Got Rich

5. My Fiancé Had a Secret Mentally Ill Wife Locked in the Attic

6. I Fell in Love With My Adopted Brother Even Though My Other Brother Made Him a Servant

7. I Don’t Care If My Uptight British Circle Thinks I’m a Loose American for Dating an Italian

8. I Became a Kept Woman for $20 and then Gave My Keeper $20 When I Left Him

9. My Sister’s Husband Proposed to Me First But He Was Like a Brother

10. I Followed a Rabbit Down a Hole and Found the Secret to Losing—and Gaining—Weight

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