""The Afternoon of Unmarried Life"" is a novel written by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik and published in 1859. It follows the story of a group of unmarried women who live together in a cottage in the English countryside. The main character, Miss Gascoigne, is a middle-aged woman who has never married and has resigned herself to a life of spinsterhood. However, when a young woman named Miss Arleigh comes to stay with them, she brings with her a fresh perspective...