Henry Harland, Hubert Crackanthorpe

Broschiertes Buch

The Light Sovereign

A Farcical Comedy In Three Acts

Beschreibung

The Light Sovereign is a three-act farcical comedy written by Henry Harland. The play revolves around the character of Prince Mirliflor, who is a vain and self-obsessed ruler of a small kingdom. He is so obsessed with his appearance that he refuses to leave his palace without his trusted mirror. However, when his mirror breaks, he is forced to venture outside and confront the real world.As he steps outside, Prince Mirliflor is confronted with a series of absurd and hilarious situations. He meets a group of peasants who mistake him for a beggar, a group of soldiers who mistake him for a spy, and a group of women who mistake him for a suitor. Along the way, he learns valuable lessons about humility, kindness, and the true meaning of love.The Light Sovereign is a witty and entertaining play that pokes fun at the vanity and self-importance of royalty. It is filled with clever dialogue, slapstick humor, and memorable characters. It is a must-read for anyone who enjoys a good laugh and a lighthearted comedy.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Autor

Henry Harland was an American novelist and editor. Harland was born in Norwich, Connecticut, in 1861 as the son of Fourierist Thomas Harland, a former roommate of editor and novelist Edmund Clarence Stedman. He grew up in New York, and after the Civil War, the Harlands lived in the city's German Jewish neighborhood. Harland went to City College of New York then briefly Harvard Divinity School. In May 1884, he married Aline Herminie Merriam, a fellow artist. His literary career is divided into two sections. During the first, he wrote a series of exciting novels under the pseudonym Sidney Luska, paying little attention to literary merit. His writings created under this name in the 1880s were the first widely read books about the American Jewish experience, which Harland both applauded and condemned. Harland's depictions were heavily criticized by the Jewish community. One review in the Philadelphia-based Jewish Exponent said one of his writings was "grossly inartistic" and displayed "condescension" and "vulgar assumption toward Jews." In The Menorah, Kaufmann Kohler claimed that in Harland's novels, "the Jews, as a class, lack refinement".

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 84
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 136g
• ISBN-13: 9780548475447
• ISBN-10: 054847544X
• Artikelnr.: 23367451