Project Gutenberg 2007-01-11 Public domain in the USA. 76 Shaw, Bernard 1856 1950 Shaw, George Bernard Shaw, Bernhard Shaw, G. Bernard (George Bernard) Bassetto, Corno di Shaw, G. B. (George Bernard) Haldeman-Julius, E. (Emanuel) 1888 1951 Haldeman-Julius, Emanuel Julius, Emanuel The Miraculous Revenge Little blue book, no. 215 Reading ease score: 81.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Ted Garvin, Diane Monico, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. "The Miraculous Revenge" by Bernard Shaw is a one-act play written in the early 20th century. The work explores themes of belief, sanity, and the pursuit of truth against a backdrop of religious fervor in a contemporary Irish setting. The story revolves around an inquiry into a supposed miracle, raising questions about faith, skepticism, and the fragility of human understanding. The narrative follows Zeno Legge, a man sent by his uncle, a Cardinal Archbishop, to investigate a miracle that has supposedly occurred in the village of Four Mile Water. As Zeno engages with the local priest, Father Hickey, and the community, he uncovers intricacies surrounding the miraculous event—a graveyard that allegedly moved overnight—while also grappling with his own feelings for Kate Hickey, the priest's niece. Through witty dialogue and sharp observations, the play critiques religious hypocrisy and the human tendency to cling to comforting illusions, ultimately leading to a surprising resolution that challenges the characters' beliefs and places their motives into question. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories Miracles -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 75112 2024-10-09T05:04:27.695872 2023-09-09T07:42:39.095940 text/html text/html 72329 2007-01-11T14:37:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 119395 2007-01-11T14:37:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 206432 2024-10-09T05:04:33.282855 application/epub+zip 204804 2024-10-09T05:04:30.745823 application/epub+zip 94354 2024-10-09T05:04:29.546850 application/epub+zip 320510 2024-10-09T05:04:35.136825 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 310753 2024-10-09T05:04:32.567829 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 168482 2022-09-09T14:04:16.125930 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 66014 65889 2024-10-09T05:04:27.378861 2023-09-09T07:42:38.880893 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 65949 2007-01-11T14:37:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 26513 2007-01-11T14:37:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20581 2024-10-09T05:04:35.266823 application/rdf+xml 14378 2024-10-09T05:04:30.100847 image/jpeg 3722 2024-10-09T05:04:29.823012 image/jpeg 199474 2024-10-09T05:04:27.707837 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia