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'Recounts the story of Sestrina, the daughter of the President of the Hayti Republic. In the first part her life is linked with a young English musician and the background comprises a revolution and Voodoo abominations; the rites and superstitions are detailed. In the second part the story shifts to a lonely isle of the South seas afflicted with leprosy. Sestrina is sympathetic to an Hawaiian missionary there although she herself becomes a pagan.' - Miller
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Sestrina: A Lyrical Drama of the Pagan South Seas
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"Sestrina! child of grief, arise from night -",
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Grant Richards
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1931
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1931
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poetry
'The tragic life of Sestrina Catholot, daughter of an ex-President of Haiti, stands out not merely through the catastrophic calamity brought about by a Mexican sea-captain's cupidity, but serves as a symbol of the soul's battle against monumental sufferings, and of inherent faith and heroism against conflicting emotions.' - author's foreword.
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