Project Gutenberg 2002-10-01 Public domain in the USA. 237 Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew) 1860 1937 Barrie, James Matthew Barrie, J.M. The Admirable Crichton Produced by Charles Franks, Ralph Zimmermann, the Online Distributed Proofreading Team, and David Widger "The Admirable Crichton" by J. M. Barrie is a comedy play written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the characters of the Hon. Ernest Woolley, who is portrayed as a self-absorbed young man, and Crichton, the devoted butler of Lord Loam. As the plot unfolds, themes of class, social structure, and equality are examined, particularly through the interactions between the upper class and their servants in a domestic setting that is both humorous and insightful. At the start of the play, we are introduced to the opulent backdrop of Loam House, where characters engage in witty exchanges that reveal their personalities and social preoccupations. Ernest arrives with an air of nonchalance, concerned mostly with his own status and image, while Crichton, the butler, embodies the ideals of duty and decorum expected in his position. The dialogue hints at underlying tensions regarding class relations and sets the stage for a significant event that will later propel the characters into a dire survival situation when they are shipwrecked on a desert island. In this new setting, their societal roles will be challenged, and it is expected that Crichton, the quintessential servant, may reveal unexpected qualities in the absence of traditional social hierarchies. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Manners and customs -- Drama Shipwrecks -- Drama PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 204773 204774 2024-10-02T08:48:38.111845 2023-10-02T07:56:47.997031 text/html text/html 209374 2021-02-26T00:58:34 text/html; charset=utf-8 65691 2021-02-26T00:58:36 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 135197 2024-10-02T08:48:43.869812 application/epub+zip 137171 2024-10-02T08:48:40.050831 application/epub+zip 137173 2024-10-02T08:48:38.827826 application/epub+zip 271177 2024-10-02T08:48:46.503786 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 259001 2024-10-02T08:48:43.117828 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 215061 2022-09-02T10:24:47.955638 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 164187 164091 2024-10-02T08:48:37.274860 2023-10-02T07:56:47.413006 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 165086 2016-10-14T14:15:00 text/plain; charset=utf-8 61576 2016-10-14T14:17:22 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 164062 2009-02-28T09:37:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 61397 2009-02-28T09:40:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 164053 2009-02-28T09:38:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 61381 2009-02-28T09:40:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23374 2024-10-02T08:48:46.630779 application/rdf+xml 13413 2024-10-02T08:48:39.383821 image/jpeg 3845 2024-10-02T08:48:39.103836 image/jpeg 130945 2024-10-02T08:48:38.127836 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