The Stepmother, A Drama in Five Acts
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About This Book
Large format for easy reading. Work from the 'La Comedie Humaine' series from the man hailed as the 'Charles Dickens of France' and one of the founding fathers of French Realist writing.
Chapters (74)(click to expand)
- THE STEPMOTHER A DRAMA IN FIVE ACTS
- PERSONS OF THE PLAY
- SCENE: Chateau of the General de Grandchamp, near Louviers, Normandy
- THE STEPMOTHER
- ACT I
- SCENE FIRST
- SCENE SECOND
- SCENE THIRD
- SCENE FOURTH
- SCENE FIFTH
- SCENE SIXTH
- SCENE SEVENTH
- SCENE EIGHTH
- SCENE NINTH
- ACT II
- SCENE FIRST
- SCENE SECOND
- SCENE THIRD
- SCENE FOURTH
- SCENE FIFTH
- SCENE SIXTH
- SCENE SEVENTH
- SCENE EIGHTH
- SCENE NINTH
- SCENE TENTH
- SCENE ELEVENTH
- SCENE TWELFTH
- SCENE THIRTEENTH
- ACT III
- SCENE FIRST
- SCENE SECOND
- SCENE THIRD
- SCENE FOURTH
- SCENE FIFTH
- SCENE SIXTH
- SCENE SEVENTH
- SCENE EIGHTH
- SCENE NINTH
- SCENE TENTH
- SCENE ELEVENTH
- SCENE TWELFTH
- SCENE THIRTEENTH
- SCENE FOURTEENTH
- SCENE FIFTEENTH
- ACT IV
- SCENE FIRST
- SCENE SECOND
- SCENE THIRD
- SCENE FOURTH
- SCENE FIFTH
- SCENE SIXTH
- SCENE SEVENTH
- SCENE EIGHTH
- SCENE NINTH
- SCENE TENTH
- SCENE ELEVENTH
- SCENE TWELFTH
- SCENE THIRTEENTH
- SCENE FOURTEENTH
- SCENE FIFTEENTH
- SCENE SIXTEENTH
- SCENE SEVENTEENTH
- ACT V
- SCENE FIRST
- SCENE SECOND
- SCENE THIRD
- SCENE FOURTH
- SCENE FIFTH
- SCENE SIXTH
- SCENE SEVENTH
- SCENE EIGHTH
- SCENE NINTH
- SCENE TENTH
- SCENE ELEVENTH
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