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Drama · 1883 · English

The Sleeping-Car: A Farce

by William Dean Howells

About this book

The Sleeping-Car: A Farce by William Dean Howells explores comedy plays, american drama — 19th century, railroad travel — drama.

From the opening pages: “SCENE: One side of a sleeping-car on the Boston and Albany Road. The curtains are drawn before most of the berths; from the hooks and rods hang hats, bonnets, bags, bandboxes, umbrellas, and other travelling gear; on the floor are boots of both sexes, set out for THE PORTER to black. THE PORTER is making up the beds in the upper and lower berths adjoining the seats on which a young mother, slender and pretty, with a baby asleep on the seat beside her, and a stout old lady, sit confronting each other--MRS. AGNES ROBERTS and her aunt…”

Author
William Dean Howells
First published
1883
Category
Drama
Language
English

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