Books with title The green goddess: A play in four acts

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ... ACT SECOND A spacious and well-proportioned room, opening at the back upon a wide loggia. Beyond the loggia can be seen distant snow-peaks and a strip of sky. Late afternoon light. The room is furnished in a once splendid but now very old-fashioned and faded style. Furniture of black picked out with gold, and upholstered in yellow damask. A great crystal chandelier in the middle of the ceiling, and under it a circular ottoman. Right, a large two-leaved door; left, a handsome marble fireplace, with a mirror over it. Candlesticks with crystal pendants at each end of the mantelpiece, and in the middle a bronze statuette, some eighteen inches high, representing the manyarmed Goddess. A wood fire laid, but unlighted. Near the fireplace, two quite modern saddle-bag armchairs, out of keeping with the stiffness of the remaining furniture. A small table near the door, right, with modern English and French books on it. A handsome gramophone in the corner, right. On the walls, left and right, some very bad paintings of fine-looking Orientals in gorgeous attire. Electric lights. Traherne discovered at back, centre, looking out over the landscape, fie does not go out upon the loggia (which can be entered both right and left without passing through the room) because two turbanned servants are there, under the direction of an old and 28 dignified Major-domo, arranging a luxurious dinner table, with four covers. Traherne stands motionless for a moment. Then enters Crespin by the door, right, ushered in by a servant, who salaams and retires. Crespin Ah, there you are, Doctor. Traherne Turning. Hullo! How did you get on? Crespin All right. Had a capital tub. And you? Traherne Feeling more like a human being. And what about Mrs. Crespin? I hope she's all...

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High Quality FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION: Arher, William, 1856-1924 :The green goddess; a play in four ats 1921 [FACSIMILE] Originally published by New York Knopf in 1921. 160 pages. Book will be printed in black and white, with grayscale images. Book will be 6 inches wide by 9 inches tall and soft cover bound. Any foldouts will be scaled to page size. If the book is larger than 1000 pages, it will be printed and bound in two parts. Due to the age of the original titles, we cannot be held responsible for missing pages, faded, or cut off text.

"I was anxious on the first night of William Archer's play...because this [his] first play, and I could not help recalling the literary men...who have essayed the state, and who have not triumphed. Lo, before the end of the first act my anxiety was over... At the end of the second act I said, 'this is a money-getter.' At the end of the third act I said, 'Archer has put it over.' At the end of the fourth act I cheered with the rest." Quoted from the back of the book jacket.

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. 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 the original work.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. 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 the original work.

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.