Project Gutenberg 2020-10-12 Public domain in the USA. 250 Corelli, Marie 1855 1924 Mackay, Mary Corelli, Maria The Silver Domino; Or, Side Whispers, Social and Literary Openeth discourse -- Soliloquiseth on little manners -- Pronounceth on lesser morals -- Of savages and skeletons -- How names are superior to persons -- Converseth with Lord Salisbury -- Chatteth with the Grand Old Man [William Ewart Gladstone] -- Of the true journalist and his creed -- Of writers in grooves -- Of the social elephant -- The story of a South African dream [Olive Schreiner] -- Questioneth concerning the slough of despond -- Describeth the pious publisher -- Of certain great poets [Tennyson and Swinburne] -- Of more poets -- To a mighty genius [Rudyard Kipling] -- Concerning a great fraternity -- Eulogiseth Andrew [Andrew Lang]-- Byron loquitur -- Maketh exit. E-text prepared by Tim Lindell, Martin Pettit, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images digitized by the Google Books Library Project (https://books.google.com) and generously made available by HathiTrust Digital Library (https://www.hathitrust.org/) "The Silver Domino; Or, Side Whispers, Social and Literary" by Marie Corelli is a work of literary satire written in the late 19th century. This text blends social critique with humorous observations about its contemporaneous societal norms and figures, particularly focusing on the hypocrisies within literature and politics. The narrator engages in a candid reflection of the social landscape, parodying well-known personalities and commenting on the pretentiousness prevalent within elite circles. The opening of the work introduces a masked narrator who enters a lively social gathering, observing the chaotic behaviors of attendees with a mix of amusement and disdain. Through witty soliloquies, the narrator reveals a disdain for the superficiality and moral failures of both the upper classes and the press. He questions the concept of friendships and enmities, hints at the absurdities of the established societal norms, and expresses a desire to critique the era's duplicitous nature while masked as a mere observer. This sets the stage for an exploration of themes such as identity, truth, and the often laughable yet profound nature of human behavior. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 66.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Literature -- Criticism and interpretation Satire English essays -- 19th century PR Text Category: Humour Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: British Literature 393069 2025-07-25T07:59:31.082091 text/html 378715 2024-10-18T07:09:48 text/html 438698 2025-07-25T07:59:36.913080 application/epub+zip 439970 2025-07-25T07:59:32.246076 application/epub+zip 221950 2025-07-25T07:59:31.710086 application/epub+zip 562674 2025-07-25T07:59:40.485044 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 526564 2025-07-25T07:59:36.406057 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 309332 2022-09-28T16:08:05.652236 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 348102 2025-07-25T07:59:30.540070 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 327958 2024-10-18T07:09:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17899 2025-07-25T07:59:40.626022 application/rdf+xml 18426 2025-07-25T07:59:31.819066 image/jpeg 3403 2025-07-25T07:59:31.764076 image/jpeg 389591 2025-07-25T07:59:31.122067 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia