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 | A short comic play by the famous 19th-century Russian author. Lomov, a hypochondriac farmer, comes to propose marriage to Natalya, the daughter of a local landowner, and becomes embroiled in an argument about the ownership of a nearby meadow. |
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 | When a vicar's proper daughter enters into a marriage in name only with a widower so that she can care for his two young children, she gets more than she bargained for when she actually begins to fall in love with him. |
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 | "A scandalous secret was part of the dowry Katherine Sutcliff would bring to her bridal bed. And any prospective suitor...would have to live with it--or live without her! But her pressing need for a suitable match was diverted by her most unsuitable... |