A Sea-Change

""A Sea-Change: Or Love's Stowaway"" is a comedic play written by William Dean Howells and first published in 1888. The play is set on a ship traveling from New York to Liverpool and follows the romantic misadventures of several passengers, including a young couple eloping against their parents' wishes, a wealthy widow seeking a new husband, and a stowaway who falls in love with the ship's captain. The play is divided into two acts and an epilogue, and features witty dialogue and humorous situations. It also includes musical numbers, making it a ""lyricated farce."" Overall, ""A Sea-Change"" is a lighthearted and entertaining play that satirizes the conventions of Victorian society and explores themes of love, marriage, and class.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.