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The Cruel Kindness: A Romantic Play, In Five Acts (1853)

The Cruel Kindness: A Romantic Play, In Five Acts (1853)

Crowe, Catherine

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ISBN10: 1120755042
ISBN13: 9781120755049
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Dec 7 2009
Pages: 74
Weight: 0.24
Height: 0.15 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Cruel Kindness is a romantic play written by Catherine Crowe and published in 1853. The play is divided into five acts and tells the story of a young woman named Edith who falls in love with a man named Walter. However, their love is threatened by the scheming of Walter's mother, Lady Vavasour, who wants her son to marry someone else for financial reasons.As the play progresses, Edith and Walter's relationship is put to the test, with Lady Vavasour doing everything in her power to keep them apart. Along the way, other characters are introduced, including a wise old woman named Mother Dorcas and a young man named Arthur, who is in love with Edith's friend, Lucy.The Cruel Kindness is a classic example of a romantic play from the Victorian era, with themes of love, betrayal, and class struggle. Crowe's writing is rich and descriptive, painting a vivid picture of the world in which the play is set. Overall, The Cruel Kindness is a timeless tale of love and the obstacles that must be overcome to achieve it.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.

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