Modern Monologues

The monologue is a character study in little; the apotheosis of a chosen individuality. All the little studies in this book have stood the test of trial before varied audiences.


By : Marjorie Benton Cooke (1876 - 1920)

00 - Preface



01 - Sketch 1 - Cupid Plays Coach



02 - Sketch 2 - A Modern Becky Sharp



03 - Sketch 3 - Her Day at Home



04 - Sketch 4 - The Road of the Loving Heart



05 - Sketch 5 - What the Janitor Heard



06 - Sketch 6 - In the Merry Month of May



07 - Sketch 7 - Suburbanites



08 - Sketch 8 - Their Last Ride Together



09 - Sketch 9 - When Shades Assemble



10 - Sketch 10 - Over the Coffee-Cups



11 - Sketch 11 - From Long Ago to Now



12 - Sketch 12 - The First Lesson



13 - Sketch 13 - A Summer Idyl



14 - Sketch 14 - Below Stairs



15 - Sketch 15 - On Woman’s Rights



16 - Sketch 16 - A Highly Colored Sketch



17 - Sketch 17 - A Dark-Brown Diplomat



18 - Sketch 18 - At Mme. Newberry’s



19 - Sketch 19 - How It Happened



20 - Sketch 20 - When Morning Breaks



21 - Sketch 21 - Who’s Afraid?



22 - Sketch 22 - The Optimist

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