Martha Or The Fair At Richmond

Author : Friedrich Von Flotow
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780260411655
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Martha, Or the Fair at Richmond written by Friedrich Von Flotow and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-19 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Martha, or the Fair at Richmond: A Comic Romantic Opera in Four Acts Indy Harriet, a lady of rank at the court of Queen Anne of England, tired of the amusements which court-life affords, forms a plan to visit the Servant's Fair at Richmond in the disguise of a servant girl in search of employment. She is accompanied by Nancy, her maid, and Sir Tristan, a cousin and admirer of hers, and rather advanced in years, all appropriately attired for the occasion. Hither also repaired two young farmers, Lionel and Plunkett. Lionel is the adfipted child of Plunkett's parents, now both deceased. His parentage is unknown. His father was found, one evening, at the door of the farm-house, wl.ere he had sank down from exhaustion. Lionel, then a small boy, was with him. Both were taken in and provided for, but the father soon died, leaving his son to the charity of Plunkett's parents. He left to his son nothing but aring, with the injunction to present it to the Queen if he should ever be in distress. The two foster-brothers come to the Fair with the purpose of engaging help for their farm, which had been left to their management by their mother, just deceased. Here they are struck with the personal appearance of Lady Harriet and her maid, and offer to engage them. The Lady and Nancy, who relish this joke exceedingly, accept the offer and take the earnest-money, unaware that thereby they are bound in law to serve them for the space of one year. When they want to leave the Fair the farmers detain them; Tristan's interference is useless, and as Lady Harriet does not wish to reveal her name and character, lest her reputation should suffer by it, she is obliged to mount with Nancy the farmer's wagon, and drive off with them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.