Robert W. Chambers's lighthearted comic fantasy. A whimsical machine promises to reveal true love by science, and sends a cast of well-heeled young New Yorkers tumbling into romance and confusion.
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Chambers, better known for his eerie tales, turns here to romantic comedy, imagining a fanciful contraption meant to detect and reveal the workings of love as though it were a form of energy to be tuned in like a…
About this book
Robert W. Chambers blends society comedy, romantic intrigue, and light satirical fantasy in a novel whose title creature becomes the emblem of flirtation, mischief, and modern manners.