Project Gutenberg 2004-12-25 Public domain in the USA. 59 Macklin, Charles 1797 51006627 The Man of the World (1792) Augustan Reprint Society, publication number 26 Produced by David Starner, Charles Bidwell and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Man of the World" by Charles Macklin is a comedy written during the late 18th century. The play centers around the character of Sir Pertinax Macsycophant and explores themes of social ambition, personal integrity, and the complexities of familial and romantic relationships. The narrative delves into the moral dilemmas faced by the characters, particularly regarding love and duty. The opening of the play introduces us to a swirling social environment where the household's servants gossip about their masters' affairs, hinting at the romantic entanglements between Charles Egerton, who has adopted his mother's family name, and Constantia, a dependent orphan raised by Lady Macsycophant. As their attraction blossoms, there are underlying tensions with Sir Pertinax, who aims to marry Charles to Lady Rodolpha Lumbercourt for social elevation. Constantia struggles with her feelings of loyalty towards Lady Macsycophant, while the play sets the stage for dramatic developments surrounding the characters' desires and familial expectations. This dynamic interplay of relationships and comedic misadventures suggests a satire of the social mores of the time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English drama -- 18th century PR Text Browsing: History - British Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 202516 202400 2024-09-06T11:52:41.404612 2023-09-07T03:46:01.987697 text/html text/html 202509 202393 2024-09-06T11:52:41.595614 2023-09-07T03:46:02.140648 text/html text/html 125143 2024-09-06T11:52:46.597565 application/epub+zip 127442 2024-09-06T11:52:42.908620 application/epub+zip 127442 2024-09-06T11:52:42.093609 application/epub+zip 245566 2024-09-06T11:52:49.302587 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 218636 2024-09-06T11:52:46.055596 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 218750 2022-09-07T16:35:08.498298 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 170262 170189 2024-09-06T11:52:41.091614 2023-09-07T03:46:01.716654 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 170059 2020-12-19T00:43:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 65166 2020-12-19T00:43:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 170052 2020-12-19T00:43:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 65136 2020-12-19T00:43:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19554 2024-09-06T11:52:49.441572 application/rdf+xml 12552 2024-09-06T11:52:42.443632 image/jpeg 3587 2024-09-06T11:52:42.264594 image/jpeg 125531 2024-09-06T11:52:41.612605 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 en.wikipedia