Project Gutenberg 2010-02-12 Public domain in the USA. 110 Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew) 1860 1937 Barrie, James Matthew Barrie, J.M. Quality Street: A Comedy Produced by Al Haines "Quality Street: A Comedy" by J. M. Barrie is a play written in the early 20th century. The narrative revolves around the lives of the Misses Susan and Phoebe Throssel, two aging sisters living in the quaint town of Quality Street during the Napoleonic Wars. As they navigate their genteel existence and romantic hopes, central themes of love, aging, and societal expectations emerge within the quaint yet comical backdrop of their interactions and the local characters. The opening of the play introduces the setting of the sisters' home, a blue and white room that evokes a sense of nostalgia and simplicity, and presents their interactions with other local unmarried ladies. As they share gossip while sewing and reading, hints of romance and longing surface, particularly with Phoebe's admiration for a gentleman recruit named Valentine Brown. Their discussions take a lighthearted approach towards their unmarried status and delve into the modest lives they lead. The dialogue reveals elements of humor, camaraderie, and the bittersweet reality of their feminine aspirations within the constraints imposed by society and time, setting the stage for the developments that follow as the story unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Comedies Courtship -- Drama Sisters -- Drama Single women -- Drama Women teachers -- Drama PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film Browsing: Fiction 188548 186386 2024-09-13T09:07:38.036884 2023-09-14T03:42:02.761057 text/html text/html 182445 2021-01-06T03:54:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 55290 2021-01-06T03:54:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 111368 2024-09-13T09:07:43.018866 application/epub+zip 113302 2024-09-13T09:07:39.345878 application/epub+zip 113302 2024-09-13T09:07:38.534863 application/epub+zip 230208 2024-09-13T09:07:45.511861 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 226151 2024-09-13T09:07:42.469882 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 218292 2022-09-14T11:02:32.071141 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 144211 144207 2024-09-13T09:07:37.121866 2023-09-14T03:42:01.912127 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 144063 2021-01-06T03:54:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 52292 2021-01-06T03:54:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19288 2024-09-13T09:07:45.641839 application/rdf+xml 13996 2024-09-13T09:07:38.882908 image/jpeg 3962 2024-09-13T09:07:38.706855 image/jpeg 110066 2024-09-13T09:07:38.050896 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