Project Gutenberg 2005-05-18 Public domain in the USA. 160 Tarkington, Booth 1869 1946 Tarkington, Newton Booth Tarkington, B. (Booth) Van Loot, Cornelius Obenchain Wilson, Harry Leon 1867 1939 White, Luther S. 08032634 The Man from Home Reading ease score: 77.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Josephine Paolucci, Joshua Hutchinson, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Man from Home" by Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson is a comedic play written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds in Sorrento, Southern Italy, where the plot revolves around the interactions between American tourists and European aristocracy, specifically focusing on an American named Daniel Voorhees Pike. As tensions arise surrounding social class, marriage proposals, and a mysterious political fugitive, the narrative explores themes of identity, culture clash, and the absurdities of social conventions. The opening of the play sets a lively scene at the terrace of the Hotel Regina Margherita, introducing several characters, including the shrewd attorney Daniel Pike, who is depicted as both lovable and out of place. As the characters engage in witty banter, the audience learns of Pike's guardianship over his American ward Ethel Granger-Simpson, who is betrothed to an English nobleman, Almeric St. Aubyn. Amidst the comedic misunderstandings, we also encounter the tension of a Russian fugitive hiding from authorities nearby, adding an element of suspense to the otherwise light-hearted exchanges. This blend of humor and drama establishes an engaging atmosphere that invites readers to explore the complexities of the characters' relationships and the societal expectations they navigate. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Drama PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film Browsing: Fiction 459547 459376 2024-10-07T07:37:22.164318 2023-09-07T08:48:58.270526 text/html text/html 471687 2020-12-14T12:05:57 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 547661 2020-12-14T12:05:57 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 627240 2024-10-07T07:37:35.914224 application/epub+zip 633718 2024-10-07T07:37:26.115258 application/epub+zip 165704 2024-10-07T07:37:24.244278 application/epub+zip 844465 2024-10-07T07:37:41.602223 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 809283 2024-10-07T07:37:34.476227 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 285558 2022-09-08T00:03:15.302476 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 180659 180541 2024-10-07T07:37:19.863301 2023-09-07T08:48:56.394480 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 180342 2020-12-14T12:05:57 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 68419 2020-12-14T12:05:57 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 180356 2020-12-14T12:05:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 68390 2020-12-14T12:05:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22617 2024-10-07T07:37:41.762174 application/rdf+xml 13440 2024-10-07T07:37:24.857281 image/jpeg 3361 2024-10-07T07:37:24.548279 image/jpeg 619731 2024-10-07T07:37:22.208295 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 en.wikipedia