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Comedy / 7m, 1f / 2 Ints.1929. A pretty young girl from a small town in Mississippi has left hometo marry a snobbish man from West Orange, NJ, even though shedoesn''t really love him. At a speakeasy one night they have a falling out.Suddenly she finds herself approached by a suave Italian opera singerwhose intentions, he admits, are strictly dishonorable. The two of themrepair to his room, where he makes love to her, and dresses her in apair of pajamas. By now they are both deeply in love; and he, much toher disgust, has a change of heart and decides to sleep someplace else.The next morning the snobbish fiance gets exactly the brush-off hedeserves; and the girl and the opera singer, aided by a paternal judge,confess their love for each other and lay plans for their wedding.It is a quick, witty, and delicately risque little comedy, themeless andaltogether gay.- N. Y. Sun

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      Publisher: Samuel French Ltd
      Publication Date: 4/14/2010 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780573615900, 978-0573615900
      ISBN10: 057361590X

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      Book Synopsis
      Comedy / 7m, 1f / 2 Ints.1929. A pretty young girl from a small town in Mississippi has left hometo marry a snobbish man from West Orange, NJ, even though shedoesn''t really love him. At a speakeasy one night they have a falling out.Suddenly she finds herself approached by a suave Italian opera singerwhose intentions, he admits, are strictly dishonorable. The two of themrepair to his room, where he makes love to her, and dresses her in apair of pajamas. By now they are both deeply in love; and he, much toher disgust, has a change of heart and decides to sleep someplace else.The next morning the snobbish fiance gets exactly the brush-off hedeserves; and the girl and the opera singer, aided by a paternal judge,confess their love for each other and lay plans for their wedding.It is a quick, witty, and delicately risque little comedy, themeless andaltogether gay.- N. Y. Sun

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