A Florentine Tragedy; La Sainte Courtisane
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The opening
LA SAINTE COURTISANE OR, THE WOMAN COVERED WITH JEWELS
OR, THE WOMAN COVERED WITH JEWELS
The scene represents the corner of a valley in the Thebaid. On the right hand of the stage is a cavern. In front of the cavern stands a great crucifix.
On the left [sand dunes].
The sky is blue like the inside of a cup of lapis lazuli. The hills are of red sand. Here and there on the hills there are clumps of thorns.
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About this edition
- The words
- The author's text, copied word for word.
- Copied from
Credits: Transcribed from the 1917 Methuen and Co. edition of Salomé etc. by David Price
- Left out
- The printed table of contents (the app makes its own)
- The title page and opening pages before chapter 1
- Other material that isn't the author's
- The source library's header, footer and license