The New York Idea : A Comedy in Four Acts (Classic Reprint) epub

The New York Idea : A Comedy in Four Acts (Classic Reprint) epub

The New York Idea : A Comedy in Four Acts (Classic Reprint) by Langdon Elwyn Mitchell

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Author: Langdon Elwyn Mitchell
Number of Pages: 200 pages
Published Date: 26 Nov 2015
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781330944790
File size: 32 Mb
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Excerpt from The New York Idea: A Comedy in Four Acts It is interesting to note, by the way, a return on Mr. Mitchell's part to that convenient assumption of the Restoration and eighteenth century comedy writers that any one in holy orders could solemnize a legal marriage at any time or place, without the slightest formality of banns, witnesses, registration or anything of the sort. One gathers that in New York the entrance to and the exit from the holy estate of matrimony are equally prompt and easy or that, as one of the characters puts it, the church is a regular quick-marriage counter. I presume there is some exaggeration in this, and that a marriage cannot actually be celebrated at midnight, over a champagne-and-lobster supper, by a clergyman who happened to drop in. But there can be no doubt that whatever the social merits or demerits of the system facility of divorce and remarriage is an immense boon to the dramatist: It places within his reach an inexhaustible store Of situations and complications which are barred to the English playwright, to whom divorce always means an ugly and painful scandal. The moralist may insist that this Ought always to be the case and indeed that is the implication which Mr. Mitchell, as a moralist, cone veys to us. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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