Five O'Clock Tea: Farce
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About This Book
A light-hearted romantic comedy in twelve short scenes, set during a tea party in the home of Mrs. Amy Somers, a widow who is courted by the ingenuous and delightful Mr. Willis Campbell. (Summary by Ruth Golding, from Librivox.org)Excerpt:Mrs. Somers, giving her hand: Why, Mr. Campbell How very nice of you How long have you been prowling about there on the landing? So stupid of them not to have turned up the gas!
Chapters (58)
- FIVE O'CLOCK TEA
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- FIVE O'CLOCK TEA
- I MRS. SOMERS; MR. WILLIS CAMPBELL
- II MR. BEMIS; MRS. SOMERS; MR. WILLIS CAMPBELL
- III MR. and MRS. ROBERTS and the OTHERS
- IV MRS. CURWEN and the OTHERS
- V DR. LAWTON, MR. and MRS. MILLER, YOUNG MR. and MRS. BEMIS, and the OTHERS
- VI MRS. CRASHAW and the OTHERS
- VII MRS. CANFIELD, MISS BAYLY, MRS. WHARTON, and the OTHERS
- VIII MRS. SOMERS; MR. CAMPBELL
- IX MRS. CURWEN; MRS. SOMERS; MR. CAMPBELL
- X MRS. SOMERS; MR. CAMPBELL
- XI MR. CAMPBELL and the OTHERS
- XII MRS. SOMERS and the OTHERS
- THE END
- Harper's "Black and White" Series.
- HARPER'S AMERICAN ESSAYISTS.
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