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Melloney Holtspur; or, The pangs of love

John Masefield · 1922 · Scanned text

20,839 words · about 1 h 28 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Author
John Masefield
Language
English
Published
1922
Length
20,839 words · about 1 h 28 min
Sections
5 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public domain · PD-US by publication date

 

Contents (5)
  1. Front matter about 1 min
  2. Act I about 37 min
  3. Act II Act II about 19 min
  4. ACT III The same about 18 min
  5. Act IV Act IV about 13 min
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Front matter

LIMITED AUTOGRAPHED EDITION

Ti /jTR. MASEFIELD presents in this new play the story of Laurence •*"^-'- Copshrew^s passion for Melloney Holtspur, and of the tragedy that threatened the love of Laurence's daughter for the son of the house of Holtspur, when her dead father's sins seemed about to be visited on his child.

In the paneled hall of the Holtspurs meet the spirits of Melloney and her faithless lover and old Sir Tirrold Holtspur, to judge the sins of the past and right the wrongs of the present.

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