Project Gutenberg 2021-08-10 Public domain in the USA. 102 Millay, Edna St. Vincent 1892 1950 Boyd, Nancy Boissevain, Edna St. Vincent Millay 21020419 Two Slatterns and a King: A Moral Interlude $aUnited States :$bStewart Kidd, $c1921. Tim Lindell, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Two Slatterns and a King: A Moral Interlude" by Edna St. Vincent Millay is a one-act play written in the early 20th century. This engaging play explores themes of cleanliness, societal expectations, and the nature of chance in human affairs. Through a combination of humor and moral reflection, Millay presents a satirical look at the pursuit of perfection and the folly of making snap judgments. The narrative centers around a King who seeks a bride based on the tidiness of her kitchen, leading to a humorous and chaotic series of encounters with two contrasting characters: Tidy, who prides herself on her cleanliness, and Slut, who initially appears disheveled. When the King mistakenly chooses Slut as his bride, believing her to be tidy, chaos ensues as he discovers the true nature of his choice. Through the interplay of Chance, who serves as both a narrator and catalyst for events, Millay cleverly highlights the unpredictable nature of life and the folly of superficial judgments based on appearances, ultimately conveying a moral lesson about the importance of deeper understanding and acceptance. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/twoslantterns00millrich/page/n5/mode/2up 20200407022824millay 1921 US Reading ease score: 87.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en American drama -- 20th century PS Text Category: Humour Category: Plays/Films/Dramas 52930 2025-06-26T07:18:16.249328 text/html 29052 2024-10-18T15:28:01 text/html 304403 2025-06-26T07:18:18.603308 application/epub+zip 303322 2025-06-26T07:18:16.884351 application/epub+zip 98164 2025-06-26T07:18:16.553313 application/epub+zip 338459 2025-06-26T07:18:19.916332 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 328106 2025-06-26T07:18:18.351315 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 123972 2022-09-29T17:38:46.868092 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 33248 2025-06-26T07:18:16.071317 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 13181 2024-10-18T15:28:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16588 2025-06-26T07:18:20.042326 application/rdf+xml 20560 2025-06-26T07:18:16.696321 image/jpeg 3145 2025-06-26T07:18:16.622311 image/jpeg 335548 2025-06-26T07:18:16.262375 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