After years of war and still more years of travelling, Ulysses finally returns to his beloved Ithaca, penniless and alone. Rather than the joyous welcome he had hoped for, he finds his palace full of quarrelling suitors, all scheming to possess his wife and his land. Meanwhile the beautiful Penelope
The Charms: A Comedy in Two Acts
โ Scribed by Miss Mahony
- Book ID
- 125140052
- Year
- 1902
- Weight
- 740 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 2009-2113
- DOI
- 10.2307/20499853
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