Project Gutenberg 2016-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 90 Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset) 1874 1965 Maugham, William Somerset Maugham, Somerset Mrs. Dot: A Farce Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) "Mrs. Dot: A Farce" by W. Somerset Maugham is a comedy play written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Mrs. Worthley, affectionately known as Mrs. Dot, who is entangled in a web of romantic and financial struggles involving herself, the handsome Gerald Halstane, and the complications of love amidst societal expectations. With themes of class distinction and the intricacies of personal relationships, the play examines the humorous yet poignant realities of love and ambition. At the start of "Mrs. Dot," we are introduced to the charismatic and somewhat broke Gerald Halstane, whose financial woes are revealed through his interactions with his servant, Charles, and his solicitor, Mr. Rixon. Gerald learns he has unexpectedly inherited wealth and a title, which complicates his feelings for Mrs. Dot, a lively brewery owner with whom he shares a close relationship. The initial act sets the stage for conflict, romance, and comedy as Gerald navigates his existing engagement to Nellie Sellenger and the newfound attraction he feels for Mrs. Dot, leading to humorous exchanges and the inevitable complications of their intertwined lives. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama Widows -- Drama English drama -- 20th century PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 260938 260941 2024-09-21T09:32:27.577802 2023-09-22T06:49:42.612504 text/html text/html 264526 2021-01-25T02:49:06 text/html; charset=utf-8 150229 2021-01-25T02:49:06 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 172209 2024-09-21T09:32:34.850753 application/epub+zip 175961 2024-09-21T09:32:28.483827 application/epub+zip 99215 2024-09-21T09:32:28.008779 application/epub+zip 285145 2024-09-21T09:32:38.248761 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 275530 2024-09-21T09:32:34.276756 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 198753 2022-09-23T06:11:03.299673 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 165342 165179 2024-09-21T09:32:25.289830 2023-09-22T06:49:40.486484 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 165254 2016-01-01T14:26:18 text/plain; charset=utf-8 56369 2016-01-01T14:26:22 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18690 2024-09-21T09:32:38.392249 application/rdf+xml 12200 2024-09-21T09:32:28.123788 image/jpeg 2314 2024-09-21T09:32:28.065800 image/jpeg 153565 2024-09-21T09:32:27.598845 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