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Home light of the prairies; a play in three acts

Gilbert Guest · 1920 · Scanned text · Free in the US

27,280 words · about 1 h 55 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Free in the US: this text is in the public domain in the United States; it may still be in copyright elsewhere.

Licence: PD · Library of Congress states the book is in the public domain and free to use and reuse (https://data.labs.loc.gov/digitized-books/README.html); published 1920, public domain asserted for the US only · Library of Congress, Selected Digitized Books (https://www.loc.gov/item/21000821); text via the Common Pile (CC BY 4.0 compilation, per-document rights preserved)

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About this book

Author
Gilbert Guest
Language
English
Published
1920
Length
27,280 words · about 1 h 55 min
Sections
4 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public domain in the United States

 

Contents (4)
  1. Front matter about 2 min
  2. Scene Two under 1 min
  3. Scene Two under 1 min
  4. Scene Two about 1 h 53 min
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Front matter

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Scene Two

Second Scene of the First Act is suggestive of the atmosphere of Nebraska farm life; tells of Grandma's life sorrow.

Introduces us to the girls of the farm in the Convent School — also explains the reason why the girls leave school in May, and return home, before the usual closing. A strong factor of the plot introduced.

Scene Two

Closes with a cloud of suspicion on the honor girl and a movie man in disgrace.

A sequel to Mr. Robertson's story — and the closing of Agnes life work-

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