Wickedly funny and delightfully sad, Three Ladies Beside the Sea is a tale of love found, love lost, and love never-ending. Edward Gorey's off-kilter Edwardian maidens are the perfect accompaniment to Rhoda Levine's lilting rhymes.The place is remote: Three houses beside the sea.The Characters are Few: Laughing Edith of Ecstasy, Edith so happy and gay.Smiling Catherine of Compromise, She smiles her life away.And then there is Alice of Hazard, A dangerous life leads she.The question in the plot is quite simple: Why is Alice up in a tree?The answer can be discovered: Edith and Catherine do.
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