Mice and Men
Author: first_name: Madeleine Lucette
last_name: Ryley
Language: English
Year: 1903

No, not the famous “Of Mice and Men” you’re thinking of.  Instead, we have a sweet romantic comedy that tells the story of a bachelor, Mr. Embury, who decides to conduct an experiment to see if he can create the perfect wife for himself.  To do so, he chooses an orphaned girl named Peggy to become his ward and ultimately his wife.  Peggy, however, thinks that Mr. Embury has plans for her to become the wife of his nephew, Captain Lovell, whom she believes is in love with another woman .  A critic