The Compleat Bachelor

"The Compleat Bachelor" by Oliver Onions

George Oliver Onions, who published under the name Oliver Onions, was an English writer of short stories and novels. This example of his work follows the bachelor Mr. Rollo Butterfield as he navigates his life with his equally unwed sister, Caroline. When Caroline falls in love and an end to her spinsterhood is in sight, Rollo must come to terms with his own future through a series of innocuous events in his everyday life.