Project Gutenberg 2014-06-29 Public domain in the USA. 78 Buckstone, John Baldwin 1802 1879 Buckstone, J. B. (John Baldwin) A Rough Diamond: A Comic Drama in One Act Produced by Paul Haxo from page images generously made available by the University of California, the HathiTrust Digital Library, and Google. "A Rough Diamond: A Comic Drama in One Act" by John Baldwin Buckstone is a comedic play that captures the social dynamics and class differences of its time, likely written during the Victorian era. The narrative revolves around the misadventures of Sir William Evergreen and his unrefined wife, Lady Evergreen, affectionately known as Margery, illustrating the humorous and poignant clashes between societal expectations and personal authenticity. The play unfolds in a country residence, where Sir William grapples with the challenge of educating his country-girl wife, Margery, as he attempts to introduce her to the finer aspects of life and society. However, Margery’s natural, unpolished charm often leads to humorous situations, highlighting her struggle to fit into a world that feels foreign to her. Throughout the drama, themes of love, identity, and the folly of social pretensions are explored, culminating in a resolution where Margery asserts her true self, suggesting that genuine happiness comes from embracing one’s authenticity rather than conforming to societal norms. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46138/46138-h/images/cover.jpg en Comedies English drama -- 19th century PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film Browsing: Fiction 99609 99617 2024-09-19T09:59:35.959542 2023-09-20T06:17:04.012639 text/html text/html 96814 2014-06-29T13:29:42 text/html; charset=utf-8 121787 2014-06-29T13:29:42 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 126547 2024-09-19T09:59:39.342016 application/epub+zip 125446 2024-09-19T09:59:36.712556 application/epub+zip 91687 2024-09-19T09:59:36.332537 application/epub+zip 173569 2024-09-19T09:59:41.358021 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 181812 2024-09-19T09:59:38.980017 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 148311 2022-09-21T04:22:42.048259 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 66648 66506 2024-09-19T09:59:35.547542 2023-09-20T06:17:03.594644 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 66436 2014-06-29T13:29:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 26117 2014-06-29T13:29:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 66429 2014-06-29T13:29:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 26097 2014-06-29T13:29:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20332 2024-09-19T09:59:41.491010 application/rdf+xml 13662 2024-09-19T09:59:36.409567 image/jpeg 2347 2024-09-19T09:59:36.371543 image/jpeg 122908 2024-09-19T09:59:35.970537 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