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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