Quiz: The Perils Of Passion
February, 1962
The course of True Love, and even of light dalliance, has never run smooth, as we know, but few lovers of our acquaintance have actually risked a legislated death penalty for a moment of bliss. Such a dire punishment for such a tender transgression is not unknown in literature, however. Listed on this page are descriptions~but not the titles~of five novels, plays, etc., in which a stern law imposes capital punishment for unwed shenanigans. All~well, all but one~are extremely well-known works, an...
