The Silver Domino; Or, Side Whispers, Social and Literary

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Corelli, Marie, 1855-1924

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"The Silver Domino; Or, Side Whispers, Social and Literary" by Marie Corelli is a work of literary satire written in the late 19th century. This text blends social critique with humorous observations about its contemporaneous societal norms and figures, particularly focusing on the hypocrisies within literature and politics. The narrator engages in a candid reflection of the social landscape, parodying well-known personalities and commenting on the pretentiousness prevalent within elite circles. The opening of the work introduces a masked narrator who enters a lively social gathering, observing the chaotic behaviors of attendees with a mix of amusement and disdain. Through witty soliloquies, the narrator reveals a disdain for the superficiality and moral failures of both the upper classes and the press. He questions the concept of friendships and enmities, hints at the absurdities of the established societal norms, and expresses a desire to critique the era's duplicitous nature while masked as a mere observer. This sets the stage for an exploration of themes such as identity, truth, and the often laughable yet profound nature of human behavior. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

Openeth discourse

Soliloquiseth on little manners

Pronounceth on lesser morals

Of savages and skeletons

How names are superior to persons

Converseth with Lord Salisbury

Chatteth with the Grand Old Man [William Ewart Gladstone]

Of the true journalist and his creed

Of writers in grooves

Of the social elephant

The story of a South African dream [Olive Schreiner]

Questioneth concerning the slough of despond

Describeth the pious publisher

Of certain great poets [Tennyson and Swinburne]

Of more poets

To a mighty genius [Rudyard Kipling]

Concerning a great fraternity

Eulogiseth Andrew [Andrew Lang]

Byron loquitur

Maketh exit.

Credits:

E-text prepared by Tim Lindell, Martin Pettit, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images digitized by the Google Books Library Project (https://books.google.com) and generously made available by HathiTrust Digital Library (https://www.hathitrust.org/)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 66.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Release date is 2020-10-12