The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones

The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones is a very short story by Stephen Leacock. It was re-published in Literary Lapses in 1910.[1] It is read by John Le Mesurier on a 1976 LP What Is Going To Become Of Us All?[2] It was made into a short movie by Gerald Potterton in 1983.[3]

It tells the story of a young curate who could not bear to say goodbye. He visits some friends and becomes trapped. After a couple of weeks he falls into "raging delirium of fever". After a month, the angels give him an invitation which he cannot refuse and he dies.

References

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  1. ↑ Page on Leacock at online-literature
  2. ↑ What Is Going To Become Of Us All? at discogs.com
  3. ↑ The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones at the Internet Movie Database
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