Project Gutenberg 2005-05-18 Public domain in the USA. 130 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 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 459539 459376 2024-09-07T07:05:19.581917 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 604581 2024-09-07T07:05:31.676778 application/epub+zip 611216 2024-09-07T07:05:22.331842 application/epub+zip 149229 2024-09-07T07:05:20.541886 application/epub+zip 816817 2024-09-07T07:05:37.028780 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 781591 2024-09-07T07:05:30.466828 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 285558 2022-09-08T00:03:15.302476 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 180659 180541 2024-09-07T07:05:17.621837 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 21209 2024-09-07T07:05:37.186748 application/rdf+xml 13514 2024-09-07T07:05:21.056829 image/jpeg 3365 2024-09-07T07:05:20.849844 image/jpeg 600387 2024-09-07T07:05:19.625919 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