Project Gutenberg 2004-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 54 Kennedy, Charles Rann 1871 1950 Kennedy, C. Rann (Charles Rann) The Servant in the House Reading ease score: 87.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Al Haines "The Servant in the House" by Charles Rann Kennedy is a play written during the early 20th century. The story unfolds in an English country vicarage, focusing on the lives of a vicar, his wife, their niece Mary, and a mysterious new butler named Manson. The central theme revolves around familial relationships and moral complexities, particularly concerning the arrival of the Bishop of Benares, a significant figure with ties to the vicar's family. At the start of the play, we are introduced to the characters as they prepare for breakfast. Mary, the vicar's niece, interacts with Manson, the new butler, showing curiosity about his origins and religion. The vicar, filled with anxiety over church issues and the arrival of his estranged brother Robert, presents a mix of tension in his family dynamic. The interplay between Manson’s mysterious nature and the vicar’s troubled conscience hints at deeper questions of faith, brotherhood, and the struggle for redemption that will likely unfold throughout the play. The opening lays the groundwork for a drama that explores moral dilemmas in an intriguing manner, inviting curiosity about the true background of the characters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en American drama -- 20th century PS Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 191424 191369 2024-11-05T15:04:23.666379 2023-10-05T13:59:04.630465 text/html text/html 191417 191362 2024-11-05T15:04:23.927459 2023-10-05T13:59:04.802460 text/html text/html 139092 2024-11-05T15:04:31.140369 application/epub+zip 140954 2024-11-05T15:04:26.953453 application/epub+zip 126844 2024-11-05T15:04:25.729413 application/epub+zip 269770 2024-11-05T15:04:34.102366 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 248857 2024-11-05T15:04:30.383348 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 213678 2022-09-06T18:11:14.774001 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 150257 150253 2024-11-05T15:04:23.315459 2023-10-05T13:59:04.381467 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 151567 2020-12-26T08:05:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 56769 2020-12-26T08:05:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18773 2024-11-05T15:04:34.233403 application/rdf+xml 12375 2024-11-05T15:04:26.282384 image/jpeg 3249 2024-11-05T15:04:26.005495 image/jpeg 138554 2024-11-05T15:04:23.943436 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog