MELANIE, DRAME IN TROIS ACTES ET EN VERS

MELANIE, DRAME IN TROIS ACTES ET EN VERS
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1770 · Amsterdam

by [La Harpe, Jean-Francois de]
Amsterdam: Chez Henri-Jacob-Jonas Wan-Harrewelt, 1770. 64pp. Later wrappers. Very good. Contemporary edition of this sensational drama by the prolific critic, editor, journalist and intimate of Voltaire. An attack on the cloister system, the play was based on an actual incident of a girl hanging herself to avoid being forced to become a nun. It was never produced, but appeared in a number of editions in 1770 from Paris and environs. (Inventory #: WRCLIT22208)
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