The Crommelynck Mystery

"From the repertoire of Crommelynck's plays, the following six have attracted the greatest amount of attention: The Sculptor of Masks, in which the life and work of a maritally unfaithful but gifted artist are not tolerated by the general community; Golden Guts, in which a miser decides that the best way to retain his fortune is to ingest it, even if this action leads to his death; Carine, or The Young Woman who Was Crazy about Her Soul, in which the purist attitudes of a young woman lead to disastrous consequences; A Small-Hearted Woman, in which the tortuous constraints of excessive virtue imprison an entire household; Hot and Cold, or Mr. Dom's Idea, in which the outrage and humiliation of adultery on the part of both spouses are succeeded by an obsession with the idea if not the reality of love; and, of course, The Magnanimous Cuckold, in which the idealization of love leads to ridicule and estrangement."--BOOK JACKET.