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Gilbert and Sullivan operettas see a whole lot of people engaged to their wards (that is, people they are the legal guardians of). Was this a common practice in Victorian Britain, or would a typical operagoer of the time have found it weird as well?

by /u/EnclavedMicrostate in /r/AskHistorians

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