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Is life richer with a fortuneless love match, or with all the wealth in the world and a stable union devoid of romantic passion?

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

What matter that he was fortuneless, a nobody, with but the poorest chances of success in the world?

From Phantom Fortune, a Novel by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

There was a small life-insurance settled upon Mrs. Lawrence, and the children would be fortuneless.

From Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

Yes, Lesbia loved this fortuneless knight; but she loved herself and her prospects of promotion still better.

From Phantom Fortune, a Novel by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

"No wonder," he thought, "if, courted by the son of a proud and powerful baron, she can no longer spare a word or look to the poor fortuneless page."

From The Abbot by Scott, Walter, Sir