The Lover’s Melancholy

The Lover’s Melancholy is considered by critics to be one of the best tragicomedies of John Ford. Lover’s Melancholy is a tale of thwarted love, a theme that would grow in popularity with the rise of the American book industry Ford’s most influential work, ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore, a play about incest, is not included in this selection, possibly due to the young age of the book’s intended readers.