John Ford’s ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore: A Retelling

Giovanni had fallen in love with his sister, Annabella, and he wanted to have sex with her.

This is an easy-to-read retelling of John Ford's tragedy "'Tis Pity She's a Whore." In this tragedy, a brother and sister fall in love and commit incest.

According to Charles Lamb, "Ford was of the first order of poets. He sought for sublimity, not by parcels in metaphors or visible images, but directly where she has her full residence in the heart of man; in the actions and sufferings of the greatest minds."

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