Green Stockings - A Comedy in Three Acts

A popular comedy-themed novel about a ritual in which an older sister is required to wear green stockings to a younger sister's wedding whether she is single or engaged. After wearing the despised stockings twice, Celia Faraday revolted as her turn to wear them a third time approached. As a result, he manufactured Smith as a lover and excused his absence by stating that as soon as he was engaged, he would set the ship for war in South Africa. Throughout the novel, there is pure enjoyment of humor. Alfred Edward Woodley Mason, the author, is a British politician and writer.