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 CHAPTER VIII

"BARABBAS"

Charles Kingsley and "Women's Writings"—Marie Corelli's Idea in Penning "Barabbas"—The Character of "Judith"—St. Peter's Definition of a Lie—The Character of Jesus of Nazareth—Melchior's Speeches—The Treacherous Caiaphas—The Magdalen—The Scene of The Resurrection—The Tragedy of Love and Genius     152

CHAPTER IX

"THE SORROWS OF SATAN"

As a Book—How the Critics Missed the Allegorical Idea of the Story—The Opinion of Father Ignatius: "Tens of Thousands will Bless the Author"—A Plea for more Womanliness among modern Women—Geoffrey Tempest—£5,000,000 from Satan—Prince Lucio Rimânez and his Associations with Tempest—Lady Sibyl Elton—The Effect of Perfect Beauty on a Man—The Modern Gambling Mania—Viscount Lynton's Last Wager—The Character of Mavis Clare,—Lady Sibyl's Bitter Description of Herself—Her Marriage with Tempest, and the Disillusionment—Her Passion for Prince Rimânez and Subsequent Suicide—The Conception of Satan, and an Explanation of his Position: "Satan becomes on Terms of Intimacy with Man only if Man shows that he wishes to Travel an Evil Course"—The Yachting Cruise and Tempest's return to Christian Ways—Opinion of the Late Rev. H. R. Haweis.

"The Sorrows of Satan" as a Play—How Miss Corelli has Suffered from the Defective Law of Literary Copyright—The Play Written, and Read at the Shaftesbury Theatre—Miss Corelli's Opinion of it—Miss Evelyn Millard's Attitude with Regard to the part of "Lady Sibyl"—"The Grosvenor Syndicate"—The Play Produced—Other Versions—How the Dramatic Rights of Novels have to be Protected     164