A NUT-SHELL NOVEL.
VOL. I.
Pretty girl,
Wicked earl,
Peasant lover;
Rain comes down,
Phoebe Brown
Runs to cover.
Peasant fellah
Brings umbrella;
Rain and thunder!
Cruel pa,
haughty ma.
Part asunder!
VOL II
Grief and sighing,
Love undying,
Earl proposes
Peasant wight
And noble fight-
Gory noses!
Peasant youth
Discovers truth,
Earl impostor
Peasant churl
Really earl,
Earl but coster
VOL. III.
Happy wedding,
Tear-drop shedding,
Heaps of victuals;
Rice and shoes,
Cheers and booze,
Beer and skittles
Wicked earl
Meets peasant girl
(School-board teacher);
Repenting past,
Becomes at last
Quaker preacher.
Wednesday, 9 March 2011
A Nut-shell Novel
A summary of the typical three-volume Victorian novel, from 1889 Pick Me Up:
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I really like this, do you have any others?
ReplyDeleteNo, think it was not a series, but I'll keep an eye out.
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