Word: tales
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...introduction to her thorny subject Lawyer Drummond tells the legal fairy tale of ''Col. Beauregard'' who. simply by acting like a Southern gentleman of the old school, found himself technically guilty of perjury, abandonment, adultery, seduction, bigamy and rape. Part One summarizes the history of the law of marriage & divorce, tells all about annulment, grounds for divorce, alimony, costs, divorce outside the U. S.; ends with a disturbing chapter on conflicting divorce laws, the uncertain validity of many divorces. Part Two gives a summary of divorce laws in each State, in the popular divorce mills...
...himself takes the omnipotent job of Attorney General. Then he has a series of field-days working off old grudges, boosting what he regards as worthy objects. Prohibition is immediately repealed. Taking a tip from the noble experiment, Thayer revivifies the moribund book business by prohibiting it. The tale leaps from improbability to implausibleness, ends in a gory dime-novel welter. But it is readable; and some of the U. S. satire is telling, though often told...
...Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale," Professor Robinson, Sever...
...Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale" Professor F. N. Robinson, Sever...
...Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale," Professor Robinson, Sever...