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The Awful Fate of Melpomenus JonesThe Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones is a 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 film by Gerald Potterton in 1983.[3] It tells the story of a young curate, Melpomenus Jones, 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 decided his stay was over, and he died. References Wikisource has The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones:
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